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Sylvia Poggioli, NPR's Rome correspondent, bids goodbye after a decades-long career

NPR's beloved correspondent in Rome is retiring after a decades-long career.

An armed man waves his rifle inside the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, on Sept. 11, 2012. Four Americans were killed that night, including Ambassador Chris Stevens. U.S. airstrikes helped topple dictator Moammar Gadhafi in 2011, but Libya has descended into chaos since then.

America's Middle East Scorecard: Many Interventions, Few Successes

U.S. actions have not resolved the multiple conflicts raging in the region. Are U.S. policies at fault, or are these convulsed lands simply beyond anyone's control?

Mulikat Okanlawon of Nigeria contracted noma when she was a child. The gangrenous infection ate away at the flesh and bone in her face. She survived and has had surgery to repair scars left by the disease. Today she works at the Sokoto Noma Hospital, guiding noma patients on the road to recovery.

A rare and neglected flesh-eating disease finally gets some attention

It's called noma. It's a potentially fatal bacterial infection. And it's been so neglected that it wasn't even on the official WHO list of Neglected Tropical Disease — until now.

Vérane Frédiani, author of <em>Taste the World in Marseille</em>, on May 23.

A new French cookbook explores Marseille as a cultural melting pot

A new cookbook celebrates Marseille, France's second-largest city.

Kendrick Lamar performs during "The Pop Out — Ken & Friends," his June 19 concert event at the Kia Forum in Inglewood, Calif.

Kendrick Lamar takes the West Coast off standby

Lamar's blowout Juneteenth concert, held at the Forum in Los Angeles and live-streamed on Amazon Music, planted flags for the future of LA rap, while uniting in hate for a certain Toronto titan.

What will rescission do to foreign aid? Details are murky. Here's what we found out

Congress approved the clawing back of $7.9 billion in foreign aid pledges. Who ends up losing out?

Jimmy Carter took on the awful Guinea worm when no one else would — and he triumphed

Carter leaves behind a legacy of tackling diseases affecting the poor in remote areas — notably Guinea worm disease. "He really put Guinea worm and other neglected tropical diseases on the map," says Adam Weiss of the Carter Center.

Britain bans prosecution of past Catholic and Protestant killings in Northern Ireland

Twenty-five years after a Northern Ireland peace agreement, a controversial new law bans prosecution of crimes dating to the Troubles. Supporters deem it reconciliation. Victims see denial of justice.

A new book of world history has a playlist to go along with it

Historian Simon Sebag Montefiore has compiled a playlist to go along with his book, "The World."

Phil Ramone, A Record Producer Who Made Simplicity Sound Sublime, Dies

In making classic albums by Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto, Phil Ramone's greatest talent as a producer and engineer may have been finding ways to make songs sound the way the musicians wanted.

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