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Too many poor people are forced to go without legal counsel when facing challenges such as eviction, deportation or domestic violence, a new report says.

Russia has begun openly supporting and covertly supplying the insurgent Taliban against the U.S.-backed Afghan government in Kabul. What are the aims behind its latest gambit?

They were ranked the No. 1 team going into the summer Olympics, and the U.S. women's gymnastics team did not disappoint. Led by Simone Biles, they took the gold in Tuesday's team competition in Rio.

The U.S. women's gymnastics team won a gold medal on Tuesday in Rio. The team won convincingly by posting the highest combined score in vault, uneven bars, balance beam and floor exercise.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Seth Jones of Center for Strategic and International Studies about the situation in Afghanistan where violence continues after the U.S.-Taliban peace deal.

Beijing has been closely following the U.S. election in the hopes that U.S.-China tensions may ease afterward. But analysts say that's unlikely.

"America used to be a beacon of freedom, liberty and anti-corruption efforts. Now a lot of Ukrainians feel like ... we are by ourselves," says a Ukrainian political commentator.

The latest criticism from the Trump administration of Harvard University highlighted the number of international students entering the United States each year for higher education.

Nearly 6 in 10 Latinos are millennials or younger, and most report speaking English at home. The trends are noted in a Pew Research Center report, which says they follow a slowing of immigration.

A look at the economic backdrop to today's summit meeting between President Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping.