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U.N. diplomats had hoped several thousand French troops would join the new peacekeeping force in Lebanon. To their disappointment, President Jacques Chirac announces that France will add only 200 troops to its 200 peacekeepers who are already part of the U.N. force in Lebanon. Diplomats fear that France's decision will have a chilling effect on the effort to put a robust force in place.

This stretch of New Hampshire Avenue in Silver Spring, Maryland is so packed with houses of worship, it's been called the Embassy Row of Religions. But locals know it as the Highway to Heaven.

End poverty and hunger. Educate all kids. Fight climate change. Can the U.N. do all that while coping with the biggest refugee flow since WWII?

Many people showed up in red, white and blue, some of them draping the American flag across their shoulders. Others were a little less obvious, wearing…

Russia says Paul Whelan was detained on Friday while on a spy mission. He faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted on espionage charges.

The U.S. military arrested Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Bilal Hussein on April 12, 2006. For the past year and a half, he has been imprisoned without any formal charges. This week, the military announced plans to submit a complaint against Hussein through the Iraqi justice system.

The U.S. immigration policy that allows U.S. citizens and green card holders to sponsor other relatives to come to the U.S. was first introduced 50 years ago by an immigration hard liner in Congress. President Trump now wants to end "chain migration."

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Adam Segal, a digital and cyberspace policy expert, about the future of Chinese technology companies in the U.S. amid the Trump administration's push to ban TikTok.

Hear about the debate in congress over the gender wage gap, with Bloomberg Business Week reporter Holly Rosenkrantz. Also: WAGE Campus and Community…

Ohio Congresswoman Betty Sutton wants to expand nationwide a state program that installed more than 4,500 defibrillators in Ohio schools. Akron General…