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Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte announced his "separation" from the U.S. this week. Cornell University Professor Thomas Pepinsky talks to NPR's Scott Simon about the implications.

Haiti is still recovering from a Category 4 storm that ravaged its southern coast two weeks ago. Scott Simon speaks with Chief Medical Officer Joanna Cherry of Hospital Bernard Mevs in Port-Au-Prince.

"I realign myself in your ideological flow and maybe I will also go to Russia to talk to Putin," Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte tells business and government leaders in China.

NPR's Philip Reeves reports from New Delhi about efforts in India's sprawling capital city to make its taxis more visitor-friendly, in anticipation of a rush of tourists this fall.

Super Typhoon Haima pounded the coast of the Philippines late Wednesday, and aid groups say they are preparing for possible wide-scale damage.

A former punk rocker, a former mayor and a multilingual epidemiologist are among the six nominees vying for the top job at the World Health Organization.

Several people were hospitalized after demonstrators outside the U.S. Embassy in Manila called for U.S. troops to leave the country. AP footage shows a police van repeatedly ramming into protesters.

It's easy to squander a small fortune on a meal in India's capital these days, says New Delhi-based correspondent Philip Reeves. But Naivedyam offers a filling and delicious South Indian vegetarian lunch for a tiny fraction of that sum.

The Pakistani military continues to search for al Qaeda militants along the border with Afghanistan. Pakistani warplanes and helicopter gunships attacked a suspected terrorist training camp, and government spokesmen report some 50 militants were killed. NPR's Philip Reeves reports.

The mood has changed in Sadr City, the sprawling slum on the outskirts of Baghdad that was at the center of last spring's rebellion by militiamen loyal to a radical Shiite Muslim cleric. The situation is much calmer now, but anti-American sentiment still runs high. NPR's Philip Reeves reports.