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United Nations member states pledged Friday to eliminate extreme poverty by 2030. That's defined as surviving on $1.25 per person per day. What is life really like on that amount?

John Boehner isn't new to crying. But this week, with some help from the pontiff, we may have reached peak #BoehnerTears.

NPR's Sylvia Poggioli has been traveling with the pope all week — averaging three hours of sleep per night. Here's what it's like being among the 76 journalists following Pope Francis.

The strain of coping with asylum seekers on their joint border is causing Serbia and Croatia to invoke retaliatory frontier restrictions — and recall their bitter political history.

Since Syria's civil war, Brazil has quietly accepted more Syrian refugees than any other country in Latin America. Those refugees are now building new lives and connecting with Syrian history there.

This week over 700 people died in a stampede at the Hajj, inciting criticism from Iran of Saudi Arabia. NPR's Scott Simon speaks to analyst Gary Sick about what the incident means for the region.

High above the Black Sea, villagers communicate across deep valleys using a whistled language. Elders are working to keep alive this tradition, which could have implications for brain science.

Prosecutors in Sicily are tracking the smuggling networks sending migrants into Italy. One of these prosecutors, Gery Ferarra, says smugglers are organized criminal groups much like the Cosa Nostra.

The Toronto Blue Jays are playing their best baseball in years. Howard Bryant of ESPN.com and ESPN the magazine weighs in on the Blue Jays' resurgence and Canadian fans' renewed interest in the sport.

It may be surrounded by razor wire and checkpoints, but Baghdad's annual City of Peace Carnival attracts thousands to a huge riverside party to hear music, savor food and hope for a peaceful future.