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A suicide bombing at a Shiite mosque in southern Afghanistan has killed at least 37 people. This follows a similar attack last week. What does it mean for Afghan security?

A British member of Parliament from Prime Minister Boris Johnson's party was stabbed to death on Friday while meeting with constituents.

The White House says airline travelers will have to show proof of vaccination as well as a negative COVID-19 test.

This year has been one of the best in a decade for the olive crop in the West Bank. But as N.P.R.'s Jackie Northam reports, tension between settlers and Palestinian farmers leaves many trees unpicked, and those farmers who do venture out risk running into armed nervous settlers who suspect them of being terrorists.

An administrator with the Southlake School District reportedly made the statement during a meeting when a new state law came up. It says multiple perspectives should be presented on certain topics.

Jordan investigates the shooting death of Lawrence Foley, a U.S. diplomat working in Amman. Terrorism has not been ruled out. The pro-western Jordanian government is aghast. NPR's Kate Seelye reports. Oct. 29, 2002.

Presidential historian Michael Beschloss. His new book is The Conquerors: Roosevelt, Truman and the Destruction of Hitler's Germany, 1941-1945 (Simon & Schuster). In the book he reveals new information on how the Allies won World War II and the efforts behind the scenes of Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin to ensure that post-war Germany would never produce another Hitler. Beschloss researched newly opened American, British and Soviet archives for the book.

The indie effort Real Women Have Curves, a mother-daughter story, was made for cable TV -- then diverted to movie theaters after a successful debut at the Sundance Film Festival. Pat Dowell reports.

In Rutherford, Tenn. fallout continues after a Nashville Public Radio and Propublica investigation found the juvenile justice system detained kids at a rate ten times higher than the state average.

The Metropolitan Police described the attack against Conservative lawmaker David Amess as terrorism and said the early investigation "has revealed a potential motivation linked to Islamist extremism."