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Five Congolese soldiers also died, and dozens of peacekeepers were wounded, in the attack on a base in eastern Congo. A U.N. official said it was the bloodiest assault on peacekeepers in 25 years.

In Syria, the U.S. views Kurdish fighters as allies, but Turkey sees them as terrorists. The U.S. wants Turkey to limit its military offensive against the Kurds without harming U.S.-Turkey relations.

The ATF has been able to trace the smuggled guns' original purchasers in less than half of the 73,684 cases cited in the report.

His tweet comes days after Iranian gunboats pulled to within yards of a U.S. military ship in the Persian Gulf. There's a history of such confrontations, and Trump's announcement could raise tensions.

A mysterious Chinese company has invested billions of dollars in the U.S. during a two-year span. Planet Money reporters dig into the background of the HNA group, and what they find illustrates vast fault lines in China's economy.

Leaders from the European Union are meeting to consider how to tackle the refugee crisis. Steve Inskeep talks to Peter Wittig, Germany's ambassador to the U.S. about the refugee crisis in Europe.

Tensions spiked a week ago when an Iranian general was killed in a U.S.-ordered drone strike — Iran retaliated. And, investigators probe whether an Iranian missile downed a Ukrainian jetliner.

American schools are advising students to avoid travel to China, and some are working to evacuate students already there. The U.S. issued a "Do Not Travel" advisory for China on Thursday.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Andrea Bernstein, a co-host of the Trump Inc.podcast for WNYC, about what led to the firing of Geoffrey Berman, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York.

American presidents, from Eisenhower to Trump, have been confounded by North Korea. Isaac Stone Fish of the Asia Society explains the history of their relationship.