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NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports on the US military's plans to evacuate American citizens from Zaire if that country's civil war reaches the capital, Kinshasa. About a hundred and fifty American troops are in Brazzaville, the capital of neighboring Congo, just across the Zaire river from Kinshasa. Another two thousand are on the U-S-S Nassau, an ambphibious assault ship stationed off Zaire's coast. If an order to evacuate is given, the American forces are ready to move into Kinshasa with attack helicopters to evacuate the roughly five hundred U-S citizens there.

Militants kidnap an American and a Nepalese man in the same upscale Baghdad district from which two Americans and a Briton were seized last month. The men work for a Saudi firm that supplies U.S. forces. At least a dozen American civilians are being held or are missing in Iraq. Hear Washington Post reporter Karl Vick and NPR's Renee Montagne.

History buffs and tourists get a chance to go 2,300 feet underground to visit a historic mine in Minnesota.

Johnson played 13 major league seasons with Baltimore, the Atlanta Braves, Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago Cubs from 1965-78 and won the Gold Glove three times while being voted an All-Star four times. He managed the Mets, Cincinnati Reds, Los Angeles Dodgers and the Washington Nationals during a span from 1984-2013.

China's most far-reaching social experiment — a multi-decade attempt at population control — is the subject of the documentary One Child Nation.

Shimon Peres spent his final years as a grandfatherly figure, using social media to urge young Israelis toward his optimistic vision of peace. They liked him — but some were skeptical of his message.

The children were on a field trip when the airstrike hit their bus in Saada province, aid groups say. The coalition, which is backed by the U.S., says the strike was a "legitimate military action."

The country voted to allow assisted dying for the terminally ill but no to legalizing marijuana. Two separate referendums were held along with the general election won Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.

A Franklin County court has ruled against Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose, finding that county election boards are allowed to install more than one...

President Trump and others criticized "elite, wealthy institutions" for money allocated to them by a federal package.