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The climate activist responded like the social media-savvy teenager she is, with a sly change to her Twitter profile.

The Iranian government is struggling to clamp down on widespread protests over a rise in fuel prices. Amid U.S. sanctions, the Iranian economy is in trouble.

International Criminal Court prosecutor Fatou Bensouda's office has previously said it found reasonable basis to think that U.S. personnel "committed acts of torture" and other crimes in Afghanistan.

A commentary in the New England Journal of Medicine issues a call to the medical community around the world.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Yemen expert April Alley with the International Crisis Group, about how allies against the Houthis are escalating violence in Yemen by also supporting opposite sides.

The Congolese city of Goma sits on the giant Lake Kivu. But the city has been without running water for years. Residents talk about the challenge of gathering water when they're also fighting Ebola.

As the battle between Israel and Hamas enters its 10th day, President Biden pressed Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu to de-escalate the fighting "on the path to a ceasefire," the White House says.

Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group and its allies lost their parliamentary majority, final elections results showed Tuesday, while more than a dozen independent newcomers gained seats.

Iraq President Jalal Talabani says he believes voters will approve his country's draft constitution in a national referendum. Sunnis have a majority in three provinces, enough to sink the document if they vote it down.

Relief food supplies begin to arrive in the West African nation of Niger, months after calls for help first went out. The United Nations says it will feed 2.5 million people, but food shortages are grave throughout the Sahara desert region.