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Today the President and Mrs. Clinton defended the administration's decision to send the First Lady to the UN Women's conference in China. That decision, announced yesterday, came after China expelled American human rights activist Harry Wu. NPR's Jon Greenberg reports.

NPR's Brian Naylor reports that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu went before a joint session of Congress to reaffirm his tough new stand on the Middle East process, underlining his differences with the land-for-peace approach embraced by the Clinton Administration.

Relatives of the missing in Cuba's capital desperately searched for victims of an explosion at one of Havana's most luxurious hotels. A natural gas leak was the apparent cause of Friday's blast

Israel quarantines COVID-19 patients in hotels. In one nicknamed Hotel Corona, groups that don't normally mix, were getting along and having fun. NPR's podcast Rough Translation brings us the story.

NPR's Julie Rovner reports the presidency is not the only thing Washington is waiting on. The other big question is what is going to happen on Capitol Hill. The unprecedented 50-50 senate is debating how much control each party will have and the house is turning over a large number of chairmen who have completed their terms. Normally, these positions would go to members of the party in power, but that has yet to be decided. For staffers this means it won't be time to unpack the boxes for a while and for Americans it means it will be a while before their Congress gets to work.

The longtime president of the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests will retire next year.Jane Difley started as an intern at the…

The Northern Pass -- the proposed power line that would connect New England to Canadian hydropower -- has won a victory in Coos County Superior Court. A…

The blaze on the outskirts of Valparaiso, Chile, has prompted authorities to declare a state of emergency; about 4,500 people have been evacuated from their homes.

Next week, when lawmakers are expected to vote on whether to override Governor Sununu’s vetoes of dozens of bills, Forest Society President Jane Difley…

NPR'S John Greenberg reports that the House of Representatives today passed a resolution that would reopen Social Security and Veterans benefits offices across the country. Forty percent of the government's offices have been closed since Monday due to an impasse between Congress and the White House over how to balance the federal budget.