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A man looks at images depicting missile launches and military exercises, on a display board in Pyongyang, North Korea, earlier this week.

North Korea Says Successful ICBM Test Shows U.S. Is In Striking Distance

The launch comes just weeks after Pyongyang tested its first intercontinental ballistic missile. The Pentagon says the missile, which landed in the Sea of Japan, was no threat to the U.S.

After Coup In Myanmar, Biden Says U.S. Sanctions Target Military Leaders

President Biden says the U.S. will impose sanctions on Myanmar's military leaders in response to this month's coup. He called on the military to release detained activists and political officials.

The U.K. will lower its voting age to 16. Could the U.S. follow suit?

The British government aims to make all 16- and 17-year-olds eligible to vote starting in the next U.K. general election. Some voting age limits are changing in the U.S., but only at the local level.

Sunday Puzzle: All About "U"

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro and puzzlemaster Will Shortz play the puzzle this week with David Lillie of Buffalo, New York.

'Chemical Ali' in U.S. Custody

U.S. forces capture the former senior Iraqi official known as "Chemical Ali." U.S. officials initially said Ali Hassan al-Majid had died in an April airstrike, but later learned he was still alive. Al-Majid, No. 5 on the U.S. list of most-wanted Iraqis, received his nickname for his alleged role in 1988 poison gas attacks on Iraqi civilians. Hear Ambassador Peter Galbraith.