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Rohingya activist Wai Wai Nu talks with NPR's Noel King about what it was like to sit in on the International Court of Justice genocide trial this week in The Hague.

Democrats are celebrating a sweeping policy change tucked inside a defense bill that provides 12 weeks of paid parental leave to 2.1 million federal employees — and so is President Trump.

A Republican president is helping advance what has long been a Democratic priority as part of a defense bill. Not all Republicans are thrilled about it.

As the Conservatives win a landslide, NPR's Noel King speaks to recently retired Labour MP Kate Hoey, an outspoken Brexiteer who has lambasted Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.

A Chinese state-owned operator took control of a port on a 99-year lease after Sri Lanka defaulted on its loans. An adviser to Sri Lanka's president said the government wants China to "give it back."

The U.S. Concealed Carry Association is trying to reach 1 million members by using a different message from that of the NRA. Instead of "from my cold, dead hands," USCCA uses "protect the family."

Chinese and U.S. negotiators have agreed to prevent new tariffs from going into effect this weekend. President Trump calls it Phase 1 of a trade deal.

The Federal Communications Commission unanimously OK'd the proposal, which would allow callers in crisis to reach a national mental health support network simply by dialing 988.

Bernardine Evaristo's nuanced and entertaining Booker Prize-winning novel is told from the point of view of 12 British women of color — all just a few degrees of separation apart from each other.

Actor Danny Aiello died on Thursday at age 86. He was best known — and received an Oscar nomination — for playing the pizza parlor owner in Spike Lee's Do The Right Thing.