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Christophe de Margerie, 63, and three other people died when his private plane collided with a snowplow at an airport in Moscow.

The president announced a "major increase" in the U.S. response to the outbreak, including a new military command center in Liberia, and sending medical professionals from the U.S. to field hospitals.

It would be a big step toward reducing Iran's nuclear program and triggering sanctions relief. Relations forged in nuclear talks may have helped get U.S. sailors released after Iran detained them.

Congress voted last month to alter the program allowing some people to travel to the U.S. without a visa. The changes are being implemented — but with the option for the U.S. to make exceptions.

The country has moved up from low-income status. So international handouts are winding down. And that presents some unexpected challenges.

The Israeli prime minister, who has long called Iran an existential threat, reiterated his opposition to the framework agreement Iran reached with six world powers over its nuclear program.

It comes a day after more than 1,000 Rohingya and Bangladeshis landed in the waters of Malaysia's Langkawi island, and after Indonesia said it would also turn back the migrants.

Despite its clarity and cohesion, Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead says the new album from Cuban pianist Ramon Valle and his trio is half knock-out, half schmaltzy.

Humanitarian workers continue to try to evacuate civilians from the besieged Syrian city of Homs as negotiators in Geneva prepare for the next round of peace talks. NPR's Rachel Martin gets the latest from reporter Alice Fordham in Geneva.

The Syria peace talks in Geneva adjourn with no breakthroughs or substantive signs of progress. But international mediator Lakhdar Brahimi says there is some common ground between the government and its opponents, and he announced that the talks will resume on Feb. 10.