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Sahle-Work Zewde, an experienced diplomat, is the first female head of state in Ethiopia's modern history. Women also now constitute half of the country's Cabinet ministers.

Senior officials from North and South Korea met Monday and scheduled a September date for a third summit between South Korea's President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

North Korean hackers have stolen an estimated $1.2 billion in cryptocurrency and other virtual assets in the past five years, more than half of it this year alone, South Korea's spy agency says.

The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry denounced Saturday's strike as "spitting in the face" of Turkey and the United Nations, which brokered the grain export agreements.

The Grammy-nominated saxophonist brought the house down with his reflective, danceable ballads.

The U.N. refugee agency has received less than half the $4.5 billion needed to help Syrians who have fled to neighboring countries. As conditions worsen, many are opting to risk the journey to Europe.

Steve Inskeep talks to Chris Gunness, a spokesman for the U.N.'s relief agency, about the situation at Syria's Yarmouk refugee camp. Militants from the self-proclaimed Islamic State control the area.

Iranian officials are lashing out at a U.N. report portraying Iranians as suffering from an opaque justice system, regular oppression of women and religious persecution under President Hassan Rouhani.

Officials in Vienna tell NPR's Peter Kenyon that preparations are being made today to announce a historic accord that will restrict Iran's nuclear program and lift some economic sanctions.

"I believe that we have to look at North Korea as if Kim Jong Un will do what he says," says Adm. Harry Harris, commander of the U.S. Pacific Command.