Authorities believe "there are a significant number of children's remains" at the home run by the Bon Secours nuns from the 1920s to the 1960s in the town of Tuam.
A U.N. commission accuses Russian-backed Syrian forces and rebel factions of war crimes in Aleppo. Civilians "were increasingly left vulnerable to repeated violations by all sides," the report says.
Nearly half a million South Sudanese have fled into northern Uganda since last July, carrying with them signs of abuse, famine and tales of ethnic violence.
Steve Inskeep talks to former NATO commander General Philip Breedlove, who says Europeans seem to have gotten the administration's message that they need to spend more on their own defense.
Jeff Sessions, now attorney general, met twice last year with Sergey Kislyak, Russia's U.S. ambassador. This has raised more questions about contacts between the Trump campaign and Russian officials.
It was once called the "trial of the century" in Egyptian media. But during the six years since it started, Egypt has seen a dramatic shift in its political landscape.
People born in Puerto Rico have been counted as U.S. citizens since 1917, but residents of the island can't vote for president and don't have voting representation in Congress.