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The Iraqi Pavilion at the Venice Bienniale places ancient artwork saved from extremist destruction alongside work by contemporary artists as a way to make sense of the country's complicated history.

The international comedy festival draws new and established stand-ups, improvisers, sketch actors, comedy writers. Some people are just looking for a good laugh, but some want to hire the comedians.

NPR's Robert Siegel speaks with Peter Pham, director of the Africa Center at the Atlantic Council, about the status of ISIS in Africa after four U.S. soldiers were killed in Niger weeks ago.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Charles Duelfer, who led the Iraq Survey Group, about parallels between Saddam Hussein and George W. Bush's assumptions about each other, and Kim Jong Un and Trump's.

David Greene talks to former Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes David Scheffer, who says if the Trump administration closes that office, it would mean that the U.S. is retreating from the world.

Steve Inskeep talks to historian Miguel Tinker Salas, a Latin American studies professor at Pomona College in California, about the broader context of the political crisis developing in Venezuela.

The hostage taker was 44-year-old British citizen Malik Faisal Akram, authorities said. U.K. police arrested two teenagers in relation to the incident.

Germany's relationship with the U.S. is less friendly under President Trump than it once was. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with German Ambassador Peter Wittig about U.S.-German relations.

Dolores O'Riordan's voice, heard on hit songs like "Zombie" and "Linger," helped the Irish band rise to international fame in the 1990s. No other information about her death was immediately available.

President Trump has tapped his attorney, Jason Greenblatt, to help him negotiate the "ultimate deal" for Israeli-Palestinian peace. We look at whether he can succeed where many others have failed.