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The global effort to end child marriage is in the news. In the U.S., there's a new bill before Congress (but it's controversial). And the U.N. is designating a day dedicated to ending the practice.

The fresh strikes come a day after the U.S. and U.K. launched attacks on dozens of targets in response to Houthi attacks against ships in the Red Sea.

From trade to technology to the handling of the coronavirus, the relationship between the U.S. and China seems to be disintegrating. NPR's correspondents discuss increasing tensions amid the pandemic.

The United Kingdom's total energy use has dropped 10 percent since 2002, unlike other EU countries. It's a quiet victory in the fight against climate change. It's also a bit mysterious.

In Syria, the U.S. is backing a Turkish offensive to kick ISIS out of towns in the north. But this comes as a nasty surprise to another U.S. ally in Syria — ethnic Kurds — who have a long enmity with Turkey.

As Donald Trump's administration is about to take over from the Obama White House, David Greene talks to former Ambassador to China Gary Locke about U.S.- Chinese relations.

The incoming Trump administration seems to share little in common with Chancellor Angela Merkel's policies. Steve Inskeep talks to Peter Wittig, the German ambassador to the U.S.

Donald Trump's transition team made the announcement Tuesday. Lighthizer was deputy trade representative under Ronald Reagan, and is seen by many as a longtime advocate of more protectionist rules.

As the deadline approaches for the United Kingdom to formally start the process of leaving the European Union, Britons are facing another year of confusion, apprehension and argument.

NPR's Kelly McEvers speaks with Tamara Wittes of the Brookings Institution about the fallout from a U.S. raid in Yemen last month that killed up to 23 civilians and a Navy SEAL.