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U.S. warplanes again bombed what were described as suspected terrorist targets in the flashpoint city of Fallujah, and tensions are still running high elsewhere in the country ahead of next week's transfer of sovereignty to Iraq's interim government. The air strike, the third such attack this week, is in response to Thursday's coordinated bombing attacks in several Iraqi cities that left more than 100 dead. NPR's Emily Harris reports from Baghdad.

This month, investigators learned that some peacekeepers were paying girls less than $1 for sex in the Central Africa Republic. It's part of a pattern of abuse. Can the U.N. stop it?

The American medical establishment was confident: no hookworm disease in the country for decades. A new study uncovered cases in Alabama.

Director Chad Stahelski started his career as a stuntman. He went on to found a stunt company and directed John Wick 2, after co-directing the first in the series, which was a surprise hit.

An approaching African Union summit may feature a showdown with Sudan over the crisis in its Darfur region. New U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon is expected to press Sudan to let the U.N. help the African Union's beleaguered peacekeeping force.

Amid China agreeing to return an underwater U.S. drone seized in the South China Sea last week, we check in with an expert in the region's politics.

Interested in hearing more from Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton, but a little hesitant to declare to your friends that you "like" them?

A study compares surgeries performed by Doctors Without Borders volunteers in the developing world with those taught to U.S. surgical residents — and finds "a dramatic mismatch."

Responders are working to recover the victims of Wednesday night's midair collision over Washington, D.C. It could be the deadliest crash to occur in U.S. airspace in at least 15 years.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio, who was the U.S. Trade Representative during George W. Bush Administration, about the trade negotiations with Mexico and other countries.