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NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Peter Galbraith, a former United Nations diplomat for Afghanistan, about U.S. military and political missteps during the last 20 years.

The United Nations held a new round of talks on bringing Afghanistan into the international fold. For the first time, the Taliban participated -- but women's rights advocates were not invited.

Kim's comments come just days ahead of President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration. Biden has promised "principled diplomacy" with North Korea, implying a break with Trump's high-stakes summits.

In a race that could decide the fate of the Senate, Democratic Sen. Maggie Hassan is facing retired Army Brig. Gen. Don Bolduc, a Republican who falsely claimed the 2020 election was stolen.

The Republican congresswoman's nomination had been expected to easily clear the Senate — but Republicans are concerned about holding on to their thin majority in the House of Representatives.

Democrats and many independents are motivated by the issue of abortion, while Republicans have the advantage on the economy, according to a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to the Wilson Center's Jean Lee about North Korea's leader and his nine-year-old daughter appearing at a military banquet. Many believe he's grooming her to be his successor.

The United Nations Security Council approved a resolution Friday seeking "urgent steps" to expand aid in Gaza, but could not secure the unanimous support needed to call for an immediate cease-fire.

New York law requires toy guns made in realistic colors to have a bright, 1-inch-wide orange stripe "down both sides of the barrel and the front end of the barrel," according to a press release.

NPR's Ketzel Levine reports on the haggling over checkered lilies, striped bark maples, and double-primroses at the spring plant sale at Portland's Hoyt Arboretum. (3:44) Check out Talking Plants.