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NPR's Arun Rath speaks with correspondent Ari Shapiro about what to expect from Britain's new Conservative-majority government.

The Afghan government says that a U.S. drone strike in Pakistan has killed the leader of the Afghan Taliban, Mullah Akhtar Mansour.

A playdate recently broke out at the fence that separates the U.S. and Mexico in an event that was "filled with joy, excitement, and togetherness."

The world's newest nation, South Sudan, is teetering on the brink of famine in the midst of a civil conflict. The man who runs the United Nations mission there came to Washington, D.C., hoping for continued U.S. help to put the country back on track.

President Bush is expected to deliver two more speeches on Iraq before his holiday break. The White House is keenly aware that declining support for the war has undercut backing for the president in general -- prompting an aggressive campaign to sell the war.

The U.S. Women's National Team began defense of its 2015 Women's World Cup title Tuesday with a game against Thailand. It's the first of three matches for the U.S. in the tournament's opening round.

This week, Taylor Swift debuted her engagement ring and the parasite world brought us something gross to worry about.

The U.S. military said it carried out another strike on a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the Pacific Ocean, killing three in the fourth attack this week and putting the total death toll at 205.

The U.S., U.K. and France launched airstrikes against regime targets in Syria. Russia condemned the attacks, saying they were a "brazen act of aggression." Turkey said it was "appropriate."

U.S. Central Command says the soldiers were conducting a raid against a local al-Qaida affiliate in the region. A former Yemeni minister tells NPR his granddaughter was also killed in the raid.