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The president addressed the nation about U.S. engagement in the country on Monday night. NPR journalists provided context and analysis of his remarks.

Ambassador Wendy Sherman, the chief U.S. negotiator on the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, discusses what should be done about Iran, North Korea and the other main national security challenges facing the Trump administration.

If you want to trace the history of U.S.-Iran tensions, you would have to go back decades. But the roots of the latest escalation can be found in a series of developments over the past two years.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte says this will be the last year of the annual joint military exercises between the allies, but his officials say that's not a final decision.

In an exit interview with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly, CIA Director William Burns says he still thinks "there's a chance" for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war.

The missile was fired from the country's east coast Wednesday, the U.S. and South Korea confirm. The test, North Korea's third this year, comes amid joint military drills by the U.S. and the South.

The United Nations Security Council has made its choice for the next secretary general: Former Portuguese Prime Minister and former head of the U.N. refugee agency, Antonio Guterres.

President Trump will make his debut next week at an annual gathering of world leaders at the United Nations. It's an international organization he's heavily criticized in the past.

The U.N.-sponsored talks begin today in Geneva, five years into Syria's civil war. A message from the U.N. envoy for Syria hasn't necessarily helped matters.

The sanctions are meant to put pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, who allegedly diverts billions in oil profits to pay off military officers and help prop up his government.