Background And Context For A U.S.-North Korea Summit
David Greene talks to Korea scholar Jean Lee of the Woodrow Wilson Center about North Korea's decision to release three American hostages ahead of a U.S.-North Korea summit.
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3 American Detainees Head To U.S. From North Korea
Steve Inskeep speaks with Anna Fifield, Tokyo Bureau chief for the Washington Post, about the three Americans who had been detained in North Korea and who are flying back to the U.S.
Pompeo Secures Release Of 3 American Detainees In North Korea
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo traveled to North Korea to discuss an expected U.S. and North Korea summit. He will fly back on the plane with three American detainees.
Pompeo Returns To North Korea
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is in North Korea to discuss an expected summit between the the U.S. and North Korea. He is expected to return with three American detainees.
Sanctions Expert On Iran Deal Withdrawal
NPR's David Greene speaks with Richard Nephew, who served as the lead sanctions expert for the U.S. team negotiating with Iran over the nuclear agreement.
Pentagon Niger Ambush Report Will Not Assign Blame For Soldiers' Deaths
NPR has obtained details of the report, to be released Thursday, on the deaths of four American soldiers in Niger last October. The report identifies no single failure leading to their deaths.
Iraqis To Vote In Parliamentary Elections
Iraqis vote Saturday in the first national elections since ISIS was forced from the country. The prime minister is running for re-election largely on the success against the militants.
European Leaders Respond To Trump's Iran Deal Pullout
Going against advice from European allies, President Trump has pulled out of the Iran deal and says he will reimpose economic sanctions. Now European leaders are reacting.
State Department Official On Iran Deal
President Trump announced that the United States will withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal. Steve Inskeep talks with Andrew Peek, a State Department official who handles policy on Iraq and Iran.
News Brief: Cohen Allegedly Received Russian Payments, Trump Ends Iran Deal
Michael Cohen may have received hundreds of thousands of dollars in payments from corporate clients and a Russian billionaire. Also, President Trump says the U.S. will withdraw from the Iran deal.