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This time last year, Ahmed al-Sharaa [[ahk-mahd al-SHAH-raa]] had a $10 million U.S. bounty on his head. He is now Syria's president and will meet with President Trump at the White House Monday.

Typhoon Fung-wong slammed the Philippines Monday, killing two and displacing over 1 million people. NPR's Leila Fadel speaks to the World Food Programme's Regis Chapman about the aid being provided.

After 40 days and 40 nights, a bipartisan group of Senate Democrats and Republicans reached a deal to reopen the government. But some oppose the deal because it doesn't reduce health care costs.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Rep. Ritchie Torres, D-N.Y., about his opposition to the Senate deal to end the government shutdown.

Thousands of flights were canceled or delayed over the weekend after the Federal Aviation Administration limited commercial plane travel due to the government shutdown.

A spate of "Food Is Medicine" studies point to benefits of prescribing healthy food to people at risk of metabolic and diet-related diseases. A JAMA Internal Medicine study found a Rx Food program led to lower blood pressure in patients, which over the long term can reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes.

In Jamaica, survivors of Hurricane Melissa describe losing everything as the storm's fury lays bare the island's new climate reality.

World leaders will meet this week for the U.N. climate conference, known as COP30. The White House isn't sending anyone, leaving many wondering what role other countries will play in the summit.

The head of the BBC and a top news executive resigned Sunday over criticisms about the way the organization edited a speech by President Donald Trump for a documentary.

Typhoon Fung-wong blew out of the Philippines after setting off floods and landslides, knocking out power to entire provinces, killing at least four people and displacing more than 1.4 million.