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Iftar is the nightly meal breaking the Ramadan fast. The Open Iftar project stages meals outdoors, encouraging Muslims and non-Muslims to move beyond religious divides to get to know each other.

Much has been made about the rebel takeover of Syrian border towns in recent days. NPR's Kelly McEvers spent last week with anti-government rebels, in rural territory they hold near the Turkish border. The second part of her series on that trip begins in a town where fighting shows that while the rebels are gaining ground, the Syrian regime still has them outnumbered.

Iraq's government has declared that its forces have liberated the northern city of Mosul from Islamic State militants after months of fighting. NPRs Jane Arraf is in Mosul near the al-Nuri mosque.

Thousands will gather in Indianapolis this month for the NCAA Men's Division One Basketball Championships. While welcoming the economic boost, some are concerned about crowds during the pandemic.

On a flight to Scotland on Thursday to meet with Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, Pope Benedict XVI said the Catholic Church did not act quickly enough as the clergy sex abuse scandal widened.

President Trump is the first U.S. president in 116 years that the NAACP hasn't invited to the annual convention. The group says Trump is attacking democracy and civil rights.

One journalist gifted Pope Leo XIV a Thanksgiving pumpkin pie as he began his first overseas tour to Turkey and Lebanon, accompanied by the world's press.

The Newbery award-winning author, who died Oct. 13, wrote over 200 books, many of which were tales of adventure aimed at young adults. In 1994, Paulsen talked about Alaska's Iditarod dog sled race.

Donald Trump is taking a detour from his presidential election campaign and heading to Scotland to visit one of his luxury golf resorts. David Greene talks to Scottish MP Alex Salmond.

The secretary of state has announced that the U.S. will increase the number of refugees it could admit annually to 100,000 in 2017.