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NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Christopher Hill, former U.S. ambassador to the Republic of Korea, about the Chinese president's summit Thursday with North Korea's leader.

Palm oil plantations have led to widespread deforestation in Indonesia. But now some farmers are turning to a different crop — damar, a kind of anti-palm oil, grown in forest-based farms.

The Democratic Republic of Congo is the scene of the world's second deadliest Ebola outbreak. But in the city of Goma, some 250 miles from the hot zone, residents have other concerns.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Joel Wit of 38 North, and a former State Department negotiator with North Korea. He says satellite images suggest North Korea may be dismantling missile facilities.

'Priya's Mask' is the latest in the Indian superhero comic series. This time out, she's trying to get important info to young people — and to stop a superspreading villain.

They are speaking openly on the audio social app about the latest conflict in the region. "You actually hear someone's voice quiver or the emotions of what they are going through," one listener says.

As of the end of April, only 254 deaths were attributed to COVID-19 in Haiti over the course of the entire pandemic. Why has the death rate been so low?

A week after Myanmar's military seized power, it imposed restrictions in major cities to quell growing protests, as the coup's leader promised a new election in his first televised address.

This year, the Biennale of Photography is all about "Telling Time" — and it comes at a telling time for the host country of Mali.

A calamitous invention that poisoned air, water and soil for generations is no more, according to a report from the United Nations.