World News

President Rodrigo Duterte, made headlines for his profane descriptions of U.S. leaders, said he heard the voice of God threatening to bring his plane down unless he promised to clean up his act.

The leader of the Russian province has set up wedding vice squads aimed at cutting down on drunkenness and "incorrect dance movements."

Emma Hogan spent five days aboard a migrant rescue ship in the central Mediterranean. She kept a reporter's diary of that week, and talks to Renee Montagne about the experience.

Renee Montagne talks to Ana Vanessa Herrero, a journalist in Caracas, about the economic and political crisis gripping Venezuela. Opponents of the president are angry he blocked a recall vote.

NPR's Kelly McEvers speaks with Justin Forsyth from UNICEF about the bombing of a school complex in northwest Syria.