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Ukrainian officials say their country is low on missile interceptors. NPR speaks to Oleksandr Merezhko, a member of Ukraine's parliament, about the country's defensive capabilities.

Extreme heat waves sweeping across East Asia have forced zoos in South Korea and Japan to implement emergency cooling measures.

To devotees of the Grateful Dead, the first nine days of August are known as the "Days Between." This annual celebration commemorates the birth and death of guitarist Jerry Garcia.

NPR's Leila Fadel asks the chair of a U.N. commission, Srinivasan Muralidhar, about a report alleging that Israel targets Palestinian children, which Israel denies.

Iran says it is close to a deal with Oman over navigation on the Strait of Hormuz, in the latest effort to end the U.S.-Iran conflict.

NPR's Michel Martin talks to Michael Singh, a former Middle East adviser during the George W. Bush administration, about negotiations over the Strait of Hormuz.

The Senate Finance Committee held a hearing yesterday on how to prevent deep cuts to Social Security benefits in a few years. The math is simple but the politics are not.

Puerto Rico's government will begin rationing water on Friday as the island copes with its worst drought in more than a decade.

President Trump gave a speech in Las Vegas Wednesday, where he praised the U.S. economy but workers in the city say his administration's policies aren't helping.

Despite a deadly public health crisis, most U.S. doctors, nurses and other health workers turn away many patients with alcohol and drug addiction without offering them science-based medications.