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Italian magistrates are considering a British request for the extradition of a suspect in the July 21 attempted bombings in London. The suspect was arrested in Rome Friday after an international manhunt.

Anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Timol died in police custody. Next week, a South African Court will consider reopening investigations into police misconduct from that era.

Germany is getting ready to welcome millions of visitors for the World Cup, which starts in a few weeks. The country is also trying to bolster its image as a multi-cultural, fun-loving kind of place — but a series of racial hate crimes in recent months has put the spotlight on what many say is a growing racism problem that Germany has tried to ignore.

Election day dawns in Africa's biggest democracy, as Nigerians vote in one of the most consequential elections in decades.

It might sound like a topic for dusty academic journals, but taxidermy — at least the way Carl Akeley practiced it — was full of exotic safaris, brutal killing and bloody encounters with the very creatures he was trying to preserve. Akeley is the subject of Jay Kirk's new book, Kingdom Under Glass.

A record 32 countries are participating in this year's Women's World Cup - up from 24. When FIFA announced the increase in 2019, people were worried the quality of the soccer tournament would suffer.

Why is Sudan so prone to civil war? The country has suffered from internal conflict for well over half of its 67 years of independence. Two generals are threatening to unleash another civil war.

Investigative journalist Daniel Ojukwu has been arrested by police and held without charge for over a week, drawing criticism from advocacy groups over a worsening climate for independent journalism.

The High Atlas Mountains run east to west across central Morocco. They're some of the wildest, most remote places in North Africa. Here's an audio postcard from a trek in the area.

What effect does climate change have on food scarcity in the U.S. and abroad? NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Tim Searchinger, a researcher on energy and the environment.