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U.S. airstrikes helped U.S.-backed forces oust ISIS from the Syrian city. Steve Inskeep talks to James Jeffrey, former ambassador to Iraq and Turkey, who says the U.S. will have to stay engaged there.

Omar Barghouti is one of the founders of a Palestinian-led boycott movement intended to pressure Israel on its occupation of the West Bank. His visa to enter the U.S. has apparently been revoked.

Under pressure from the United States, Mexico has begun arresting and deporting tens of thousands of Central Americans long before they reach the U.S. border.

The World Food Program says it plans to resume food aid to North Korea. But under the new terms of operation worked out with the North Korean government, the U.N. agency no longer will be able to maintain offices outside of North Korea's capital, raising questions about its ability to monitor shipments.

While the image of dazed, bloodied young boy has refocused the world on the Syrian civil war, hopes for a ceasefire are dim as the U.S. and United Nations have little sway over Russian and Syrian bombers.

A spokesman for China's Commerce Ministry says the U.S. and China have agreed to roll back some tariffs while moving toward the first phase of a trade agreement. But the deal is not final.

Trade talks between the U.S. and Canada ended Friday with no agreement on an update to the North American Free Trade Agreement.

The Haqqani network is suspected of being behind a massive bomb attack in Kabul, Afghanistan. We look at what that means for the U.S. strategy in the country.

Pyongyang said it welcomed the attack on Ambassador Mark Lippert, who was assaulted in Seoul by a knife-wielding political activist who said he opposed joint U.S.-South Korea military exercises.

A group of senators is in Beijing this week, meeting with top Chinese officials about the value of the Chinese currency, the yuan. Democrats and Republicans have authored a bill threatening China with a huge tariff increase on its exports to the United States unless Beijing allows the yuan to strengthen significantly against the dollar.