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On Monday, Gambian lawmakers rejected a bill that would have overturned its ban on female genital mutilation. The vote marks a victory for women's rights activists and comes after months of intense debate.

There are about two dozen tuneless choirs across Britain. The choirs are intended for those who love to sing but lack the ability or confidence to do so.

While Turkish officials say they want their relationship with the U.S. to stay strong, they and many of their countrymen say the U.S. was the secret hand behind last month's coup attempt, and they're striking an anti-American tone.

It's time for the 2018 World Cup final between France and Croatia. Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to David Henry Sterry, co-author of The Glorious World Cup: A Fanatic's Guide, about what to expect.

The Bureau of Global Health, Security and Diplomacy, housed in the State Department, will plan for the next pandemic. We interviewed its director, virologist and global health leader John Nkengasong.

Israel's military targeted an Al Jazeera correspondent with an airstrike Sunday, killing him, another network journalist and other people, all of whom were sheltering outside the Gaza City Hospital complex.

In France, the time-honored tradition of the dictee — or dictation — is alive and well. Recently, 1,700 desks were set up on the Champs Elysees in Paris for the world's largest dictee session.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with former Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer of California Barbara Boxer about Dianne Feinstein's legacy.

Mitt Romney has spent days defending himself against attacks on his record in the private sector. Now on the campaign trail near Pittsburgh, he's taking a newly aggressive tone towards President Obama.

Russia announced this week that it would no longer work to disarm nuclear and chemical weapons under the U.S. program known as Nunn Lugar. This was a very successful program that reduced Russia's stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction over the past 20 years. U.S. money and expertise drove the program, but now the Russians believe they have plenty of both to continue the job on their own. NPR's Mike Shuster reports.