Michele Kelemen

At the United Nations, Iran's President has come and gone, and the wife of one jailed American is losing hope of pleading her case to the Iranian delegation. Naghmeh Abedini's husband...

Be wary of Russia's role in Syria, the opposition figure warns. He's working the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly, pushing for more help for Syria's rebels and civilians.

World leaders agree on at least one thing when it comes to the war in Syria: ISIS is now a global threat that needs to be countered. President Obama chaired a special U.N. summit on t...

In his U.N. speech, President Obama cited improved ties with Cuba as an example of his commitment to diplomacy. But in his remarks, Cuban leader Raul Castro laid out a series of demands.

Russian President Vladimir Putin made his first appearance at the United Nations General Assembly in a decade on Monday. Iran's President is also speaking in the wake of his country's nuclear deal with world powers.

The U.N. knows what it needs to do. But can it do it all?

That's the question after a weekend in which the 17 Sustainable Development Goals were approved — fighting poverty, hunger, disease and climate change — at a time when Europe is struggling to cope with an ...

Steve Inskeep speaks with NPR's Michele Kelemen about President Obama's address to the United Nations, and what it means for U.S. action on the Syrian conflict and for relations with Russia.

President Vladimir Putin says his forces are in Syria to help the country's embattled president to fight terrorists. The U.S. argues that the Syrian president is part of the problem.

The U.S. plans to take in as many as 100,000 refugees by 2017, but it will take more money from Congress to make that a reality.

The Obama administration posted new regulations easing travel and trade to Cuba on Friday. One expert says they are the most comprehensive changes to the U.S. embargo in decades.

Russia's stepped up aid to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad puts the U.S. in an awkward spot. For years, the U.S. has argued Assad can't be part of a solution to the war. But it hasn't been able to convince Russia of that.

Russia is doubling down on its support for the Syrian regime, as the U.S. tries to revive a diplomatic track. NPR explores how the U.S. has misread Russia all these years.

The U.S. announces it will create slots for accepting 10,000 Syrian refugees over the next year, which is far less than what the United Nations is asking it to take.

Since the start of the Syrian war, the United States has accepted 1,500 refugees — most of them this year. It could take in 8,000 next year. Many are asking why the U.S. isn't doing more.

Saudi Arabia recently promised aid to Yemen — the country it's been bombing and blockading with U.S. help. But it didn't come through, and the United Nations is now trying to broker a deal to make it happen.

To prove its support for Gulf Arab allies, the Obama administration is stepping up military sales to Saudi Arabia. The president hosts King Salman at the White House today.

Winning over its 34th member of the Senate, the Obama administration now has enough votes to block Congressional efforts to derail the nuclear deal with Iran. Secretary of State John ...

Congress plans to address the Iranian nuclear deal this month. One unresolved issue: How much work might Iran have done previously on weaponizing its program?

It will take an act of Congress to lift the trade embargo against Cuba. President Obama, however, does have ways to make it easier for Americans to go to Havana or to sell goods there.

After spending four years in an Ethiopian prison on trumped up terrorism charges, Bekele Gerba visits Washington, D.C., to share concerns about his country and criticisms of Obama.