Salwan Momika, an Iraqi refugee known for burning the Quran, was shot dead in his apartment in the Swedish city of Sodertalje on Wednesday evening, local media reported. According to local media, Swedish authorities arrived at the scene after receiving information about a shooting in the Hovsjo neighborhood.

An exit interview with America’s top aid official after confronting a turbulent series of humanitarian crises.

SIMON: I'm fine, thanks. Big upset at the Australian Open. American Madison Keys won the women's single championship. She, of course, defeated the top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus in three sets. How'd she do it?

SIMON: Kane Brown - his newest album is "The High Road." Thank you so much for being with us. KANE BROWN: Yeah, thank you for having me.

Iraq looms as a complex test for the new Trump administration. Will it be a hawk that pries loose a weakened Iran's grip or an isolationist that withdraws the remaining American troops, whose ...

Iraq will not be negatively affected by the weakening of Iran's influence in the Middle East, Iraq's deputy parliament speaker said, with Baghdad looking to chart its own diplomatic path in the ...

A lot of old records at the National Archives are written in longhand, but fewer people can read cursive. The institution is looking for volunteers to help decipher and digitize them.

President Trump has issued a 90-day pause of U.S. foreign aid. There are big questions about what this could mean for health and development projects all over the world.

The new Trump administration hits the ground running with a bunch of executive actions, pardons for more than 1,500 January 6th rioters, and the firing of at least 12 inspector generals.

Hamas releases four female Israeli soldiers held captive for more than 15 months. As part of the ceasefire deal, Israel is releasing some 200 Palestinians.

Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist and author Jules Feiffer died last week at age 95. We hear host Scott Simon's interview with him last fall, for his middle-grade graphic novel, "Amazing Grapes."

NPR's Scott Simon talks with ESPN reporter Mark Fainaru-Wada about the controversy over the hall of fame eligibility of Jim Tyrer, a great player who also committed a terrible crime.