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Arabic Networks Show Photos of U.S. Abuse of Detainees

Al-Jazeera and other Arabic-language satellite networks broadcast photographs of American soldiers humiliating Iraqi detainees at the Abu Ghuraib prison -- a prison made notorious for torture during Saddam Hussein's rule. Some Iraqis say the photographs prove the Americans are not much better than their former dictator. NPR's Philip Reeves reports.

Refugees and migrants sit beside the gate at the Greek-Macedonian border near the Greek village of Idomeni, on March 7, 2016, where thousands of refugees and migrants wait to cross the border into Macedonia.
EU leaders held a summit with Turkey's prime minister on March 7 in order to back closing the Balkans migrant route and urge Ankara to accept deportations of large numbers of economic migrants from overstretched Greece. (Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP/Getty Images)

E.U. Tries Again To Tamp Down Migrant Crisis

NPR's Joanna Kakissis brings us an update from Greece, which has been one of the main landing places for people fleeing conflict.

Poll Shows Conditional U.S. Support for Iraq War

A new poll indicates a growing number of Americans are concerned at a lack of international support for military action against Iraq. The poll found two-thirds of Americans would back use of force, but only under specific conditions. NPR's Michele Norris talks with Andrew Kohut, director of the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press.

A video grab taken Jan. 19 from an audiotape broadcast on Al-Jazeera shows an undated picture of al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden.

Bin Laden Tape Warns of New Attacks on U.S.

In his first public communication since December 2004, Osama bin Laden says in an audiotape broadcast that al Qaeda is preparing attacks inside the United States. The CIA has confirmed that the voice on the tape is that of the al Qaeda leader. The taped statement aired on Al-Jazeera Thursday.

Fish and Wildlife Director Dan Ashe (left) and Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell select confiscated illegal ivory to crush in an effort to halt elephant poaching and ivory trafficking in New York City's Times Square in June 2015.

New U.S. Ban On Ivory Sales To Protect Elephants

New regulation will ban almost all sales of African elephant ivory in the U.S. The changes will allow sale and transport of musical instruments, guns and other items made with small amounts of ivory.

U.S. Seeks To Put Pakistan On Global Terror List

The U.S. is trying to get Pakistan put on a global terror watch list in the latest sign of tensions between the two countries.

Trump Policies Put A Strain On U.S. Relations With Canada

Trump's plan to slap tariffs on steel and aluminum imports would hurt Canada — the leading supplier of the materials to the U.S. Canada's trade practices have been singled out for criticism by Trump.

Left to right: Latvian President Raimonds Vejonis, Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite and U.S. President Donald Trump, hold a joint news conference in the East Room of the White House Tuesday.

Trump Calls For Military Forces On U.S.-Mexico Border

President Trump says he's been talking with Defense Secretary James Mattis about using military troops to help secure the U.S. border with Mexico.

In Latin America, Not Everyone Is Thrilled With The U.S.-Cuba Thaw

Cuba and Venezuela are close allies that often seemed to speak with a single voice when it came to bashing the U.S. But now they may be out of sync.

Gold medalists, left to right, Katie Ledecky, Allison Schmitt, Leah Smith and Maya DiRado of the United States pose on the podium during the medal ceremony for the women's 4 x 200 meter freestyle relay final Wednesday.

U.S. Swimmers Dominate Rio Olympics In Exceptional Showing

Wins by Katie Ledecky and Michael Phelps have helped American swimmers dominate the competition in what is proving to be an exceptional Olympic showing.

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