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NPR's Michel Martin speaks with attorney Benjamin Crump about the arrest of two men in connection with Arbery's death.

The Jaffna library once held irreplaceable, ancient manuscripts, lost when it was torched in 1981. Fully restored, the beloved landmark today is filled with readers.

Thirty-six bodies, some handcuffed, some showing signs of torture, some shot in the head, were found in an open pit near the Libyan city of Benghazi. It was the largest such discovery since the country's civil war.

Host Bob Edwards talks to Yuli Tamir, Israel's Minister for Immigrant Absorption, about the Israeli negotiating position at the current peace talks at Camp David. She says an agreement is possible, if Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is as committed to peace as Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Tamim Asey , Ali Ahmadi, and Rasha Al Aqeedi about what the two decades since 9/11 have meant for their homelands of Afghanistan, Iran, and Iraq, respectively.

An obscure committee will decide who speaks on behalf of Afghanistan at the U.N. The Taliban sent a letter saying they want to speak to the General Assembly and they have a new ambassador.

Two activist friends talk about their efforts to protest for reform in Iraq — despite intimidation and attacks from powerful parties that will likely come out on top in Sunday's elections.

Tamil Tiger rebels are believed to have exploded a truck bomb in Colombo, Ski Lanka. Robert talks to Vijita Yapa of the London Times about the explosion and the governments efforts to deal with the rebel group.

Founded by three LGBTQ Muslims, Chicago's Masjid al-Rabia is one of very few spaces in America welcoming Muslims who feel marginalized by the larger Muslim community.

The leader of Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers made the clearest statement yet that the rebels had given up their demand for a separate state, saying he was willing to settle for regional autonomy. NPR's Michael Sullivan reports.