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The Iranian woman fled to Iraq after facing harassment in Iran. "I was hoping so much that I could get my flight to America before the crackdown resumed," she says. "So far, there's no way forward for me, I'm stuck."

Caught Up In Travel Ban, Iranian Lesbian Asylum Seeker Sees 'No Way Forward'

The woman says she fled to Iraq a couple of years ago, after facing harassment in Iran. As she's awaited approval to travel to the U.S., she says she's also faced threats in Iraq.

Sgt. 1st Class Antonio Santini and Maria Rivera in Aibonito, Puerto Rico.

A Sergeant's Mission To Return Home To Puerto Rico

Six days after Hurricane Maria, Sgt. 1st Class Antonio Santini caught a Boeing C-17 headed for San Juan. Bringing food, water and information to desperate residents was "deeply personal" for him.

Civil defense workers carrying the body of a civilian retrieved from the rubble of a house destroyed in airstrike. They've collected almost 1,500 bodies so far in west Mosul – many of them women and children – and are still finding casualties.

More Civilians Than ISIS Fighters Are Believed Killed In Mosul Battle

A morgue in Mosul, Iraq, documented more than 5,000 civilians killed during the battle to free the city from ISIS — likely more than the number of ISIS fighters that died.

Carmen Bachmann founded "Chance for Science," a website that connects refugee academics with scientists working in Germany.

While Others Saw Refugees, This German Professor Saw Human Potential

Carmen Bachmann, a professor in Leipzig, is building an online network to help political refugees who are scientists or social scientists connect with professional peers in Germany — their new home.

A boy cools down near a waterfall in Loma de Cabrera, Dominican Republic, near the border with Haiti. Local legend has it that Haitians hid in the caves behind the waterfall during the 1937 massacre.

80 Years On, Dominicans And Haitians Revisit Painful Memories Of Parsley Massacre

This week marks the anniversary of the 1937 massacre, in which Dominican soldiers targeted Haitians living near the Dominican-Haitian border. A team from NPR's Latino USA gathered survivors' memories.

President Trump listens to President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan during a joint press conference in the Roosevelt Room on Tuesday.

Majority Of Americans See Trump's First Year As A Failure

A new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist survey finds Americans believe Trump has divided the nation in his first year as president. But people who backed him in 2016 continue to be firmly behind him.

Russia's deputy U.N. ambassador Vladimir Safronkov speaks during a Security Council meeting on the situation in Syria, Friday, at United Nations headquarters.

After U.S. Strikes On Syria, The Gloves Come Off In Moscow

Russia had been giving President Trump the soft touch. But following the U.S. missile strike on Syria, hopes for friendlier relations are fizzling and the Kremlin's rhetorical cease-fire is over.

Displaced people stand on the back of a truck Tuesday at a checkpoint near Qayara, south of Mosul, Iraq,

Iraqi Forces Approach Outskirts Of ISIS-Held Mosul

The U.S.-backed troops have pushed through territory faster than expected in this pivotal offensive. The last major ISIS-held urban center in Iraq hangs in the balance.

In The Name Of Party Unity, Trump Meets With Ryan, Other GOP Leaders

It is Donald Trump's first visit to Washington, D.C., since he locked up the Republican presidential nomination earlier this month.

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and John Podesta arrive for a portrait unveiling ceremony for retiring Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., last week.

Is Hillary Clinton Trying To Question The Legitimacy Of Donald Trump Winning?

It's the losing Democratic nominee's most public show of support yet for efforts to call into question the election results that gave Donald Trump the presidency.

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