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President Trump said a second round of direct U.S.-Iran peace talks could resume in Pakistan within the next two days, even as he instituted a naval blockade of all Iranian ports.

Conflict between farmers and elephants in Sri Lanka has grown worse as food and fuel are scarcer due to war in the Middle East.

The executive director of the International Energy Agency says the impact has been worse than the two 1970s energy shocks combined.

Purdue Pharma will pay the DOJ $225 million in a criminal settlement and members of the Sackler family who own the Oxycontin-maker also contribute billions of dollars to a bankruptcy deal, but the private drug firm's leaders will avoid prison time.

Catholic churchgoers in Birmingham, Alabama, react to the tensions between President Trump and Pope Leo.

"Our hope and expectation is for an agreement sooner rather than later," Pakistani Foreign Ministry spokesperson Tahir Andrabi told NPR.

Olympics opening ceremonies tend to get more love than their closing counterparts. But a pair of NPR reporters who watched both in Italy left with a newfound appreciation for the latter.

More than 130 people died as floodwaters swept through the region on July 4. Now, recovery continues amid legal action and scrutiny of flood preparedness.

U.S. and allies hold their largest drills yet in the Philippines near Taiwan, showcasing new tactics and alliances to deter China—while Beijing stages its own exercises nearby.

NPR's A Martinez talks to international law expert Asli Bali of Yale Law School about President Trump's threats to target Iran's civilian infrastructure, which could amount to a war crime.