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NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with The Washington Post's Cairo bureau chief Sudarsan Raghavan about the foreign countries pouring weapons and mercenaries into Libya's civil war.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Matthew Van Nortwick, a senior firefighter for the city of Washington, N.C., about rescue operations in the area.

Efforts to stop the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo face a daunting obstacle: A multitude of local and national players are using the disease as a weapon in their struggle for power.

The U.S.-backed coalition says it aims to oust Iranian-sponsored Houthi rebels, but aid groups warn of potentially high civilian casualties.

The Indian prime minister is cited for the millions of toilets his government has built in rural India. Activists say his human rights record should disqualify him.

While Secretary Rice and other diplomats pushed forward with their draft U.N. resolution for a cease-fire, fighting was particularly fierce on both sides of the border. Israeli bombs killed at least 19 people in Lebanon. And Hezbollah fired its deadliest barrage of rockets yet at Israeli targets, claiming 15 lives. NPR's Eric Westervelt joins us from northern Israel.

They might seem dusty, almost mystical or supernatural, but the vibrant songs on this three-disc set come from a golden age of gospel that set the path for rock 'n' roll.

After moving away, Ask Amy columnist Amy Dickinson returned to her hometown of Freeville, N.Y. There, she married a man she first met at age 12, and cared for her mother in her final days.

Prodigy, one half of the hip-hop duo Mobb Deep, is the curator of Infamous Books, an imprint of Brooklyn-based independent publisher Akashic Books. His debut novel H.N.I.C. was published in 2013.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Sen. Jeanne Shaheen D-N.H., about reports that her office may have been a recent target for Russian hackers.