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The Bardo is a Tibetan Buddhist idea of a suspended state between life and death. Saunders explored the concept in his 2017 novel, Lincoln in the Bardo, and circles back to it again in his new novel Vigil.

The attack on the trucks delivering humanitarian aid in Aleppo was potentially a war crime. But it's not likely anyone will go to jail for it. Is this the new normal?

The latest deal brokered between the Syrian government and the opposition brought a cessation of hostilities on the ground. Steve Inskeep talks to U.N. Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura.

The U.N. says the strike hit a hangar within the Tajoura Detention Center, obliterating what had been a shelter that was housing roughly 120 people.

The National Weather Service said heavy rains across New England would subside Tuesday, but officials warned that flooding still presented a danger to residents.

That's the good news. The bad news is that there are still 795 million people who don't get enough to eat — and enough nutrients in their food.

Salzgitter is the first German city to ban more refugees from moving in. Two others have followed. The U.N. refugee agency has criticized the ban, but it is expected to be repeated elsewhere.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Elliott Abrams, special envoy for Venezuela, about the Trump administration's strategy after the U.N. Security Council rejected a U.S. resolution on Venezuela.

The victory, projected by The Associated Press, comes in another close race with Pete Buttigieg, the former mayor of South Bend, Ind. The two had a virtual tie in the still unsettled Iowa caucuses.

Listen to a playlist of dance music designed to bring Trinidad and Tobago's annual party to your living room.