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The United Nations Security Council today approved Portugal's former prime minister Antonio Guterres as the next UN secretary-general, replacing Ban Ki Moon.

Steven Erlanger, New York Times Jerusalem bureau chief, talks with Robert Siegel about claims that the United States and Israel are trying to sabotage the political success of newly elected Hamas officials in the Palestinian government. The U.S. government says it has no such plan to destabilize Hamas.

Several leading members of Britain's Labor Party have resigned and Scottish leaders are considering pulling out of the U.K. Journalist David Torrance has the latest on the 'Brexit' vote fallout.

On a vote of 207 to 226, the U-S House Monday rejected the $700 billion dollar bailout package There was a huge selloff on Wall Street, as investors…

Several European countries are expelling Russian diplomats in conjunction with Washington's expulsions. NPR's Noel King speaks to NPR's Soraya Nelson in Germany and Lucian Kim in Russia.

The U.S. announced Thursday night it would leave a small number of troops on the ground in Syria.

Secretary of State Colin Powell defends the Bush administration's handling of the crisis in Haiti, saying now-exiled leader Jean-Bertrand Aristide allowed "chaos" to disrupt his country. Powell's comments come as U.S. policy in Haiti is under increasing criticism -- from likely Bush challenger Sen. John Kerry, among others. Hear Powell's interview with NPR's Juan Williams.

The is not the first time Congress has had little time left to find a deal to prevent a government shutdown. But what lessons were learned from previous government shutdown showdowns? Who has the power, who gets the blame, and what does the history of these confrontations tell us about this current situation?

Before the pandemic, the number of families lacking consistent access to enough food had been steadily falling. Today, new estimates point to some of the worst rates of food insecurity in years.

One brigade slated for deployment to Iraq this summer will instead be staying in Germany, courtesy of the Pentagon's reassessment of troop levels. Will political progress in Baghdad allow the Defense Department to lower U.S. force levels in the weeks ahead?