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The U.N. Security Council met Thursday to debate and vote on the Palestinian application for full membership in the United Nations, which would allow it to vote during U.N. proceedings.

It's not clear whether they were U.S. government employees or not, or how many were killed and injured. The attack Saturday at the Intercontinental Hotel lasted more than 13 hours.

The website has begun the release of 500,000 documents it says are related to Saudi Arabian diplomatic communications. Among them was the request from Abdullah bin Laden.

U.S. Central Command laid out a preliminary timeline of events. CENTCOM said the U.S. sailors were led to a Iranian facility at gunpoint. Ultimately, they were let go without harm.

The U.S. is supporting the Syrian Democratic forces, who are assaulting Manbij near the border with Turkey.

The money — which U.S. officials say was used to buy a $35 million jet, art by Van Gogh, rights to The Wolf of Wall Street — was raised by a fund with ties to Malaysia's prime minister and his family.

Nearly 150 Central America migrants are camped out at the entrance to a U.S. border station in Tijuana, Mexico. U.S. officials say they can only take a limited number of asylum applications.

The pandemic has reignited calls to sever supply chains with China, which isn't easy when the U.S. relies on rare earth elements used in defense systems and electronics.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made an unannounced trip to Afghanistan. NPR's Noel King talks to Laurel Miller of the International Crisis Group about the significance of the trip.

The U.S. reimposes sanctions it lifted under the nuclear deal with Iran, and tells other countries they could be cut off from U.S. markets if they keep trading with Iran.