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President Obama called the Orlando shooting the most deadly in American history. Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump both made statements as well.

Brazil's popular former president has been convicted of corruption and sentenced to nine and a half years in prison. Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva denies wrongdoing. He remains free pending appeal.

China's President Hu Jintao visits with President Bush. The two presidents discussed a wide range of issues, but made no major announcements. Hu wraps up his trip to the U.S. with a visit to Yale University in Connecticut.

The president has spent most of his tenure scaling back the U.S. military role in the Middle East. Now he appears poised to broaden an operation that will bring with it substantial risks.

Tshisekedi was declared the winner of last month's disputed election. Some groups allege that the opposition leader struck a deal with Congo's outgoing president.

The former president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, has reportedly been killed by a rebel faction, the Houthis, in the war-torn country. NPR's Beirut correspondent has more.

Iraq's president has asked the prime minister to resign and called for new elections, two key demands of protesters there.

As the Iraq war enters its fourth year, President Bush is trying to get Americans to look beyond the unrelenting violence and see another trend: progress. The president travels to Cleveland as part of a series of speeches on Iraq. Steve Inskeep talks to Cokie Roberts about the president's efforts to turn around public opinion on the war.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa had already agreed to resign. Protesters had stormed his home and office and the official residence of his prime minister amid a three-month economic crisis.

President Tsai Ing-wen has indicated she will not move toward formal independence from China. Pressure from Beijing could seriously hamper her goals of economic growth and better diplomatic ties.