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Two Americans and a Briton working for the Middle East-based construction firm Gulf Services Company are kidnapped from their residence in Iraq. More than 120 foreigners have been kidnapped in the country. Hear NPR's Michele Norris talks to NPR's Peter Kenyon.

Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates predicts that with fewer students in math and science and a lack of national funding, the United States is destined to fall behind other countries in innovation. The fierce competition to keep up with technological changes has led Microsoft to expand research offices in China and India.

Congress has restored Medicaid to Pacific Islanders legally residing in the U.S. under a military and economic Compact. The original entitlement was nullified in the 1990s during welfare reform.

There have been 183 new wildfires, including eight large ones, across the U.S. since Saturday, the National Interagency Fire Center reported on Sunday.

Ancient Chinese poetry and quick metaphors are the go-to rhetorical aids in the latest meet-up between American and Chinese counterparts.

President Trump is expected to sign into law sanctions against companies building a natural gas pipeline from Russia to Germany.

NPR's Robert Siegel speaks with Soner Cagaptay, director of the Turkish Research Program at The Washington Institute about the recent visa dispute between the United States and Turkey.

The White House says President Trump still wants to pull troops from Syria as soon as possible. This follows weekend airstrikes after allegations that Syria used chemical weapons on civilians.

This week's vote resulted in a win for pro-independence forces and a rejection of President Trump's rhetoric about annexing the island.

The U.S. and Iraq are negotiating an arrangement that would permit U.S. forces to continue to operate in Iraq for many years — possibly decades. Critics says the Bush and Maliki governments are colluding on a deal that would require no legislative approval.