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President Obama's picks to head Defense and the CIA mostly suggest continuity of policy but also point to possible debates with Congress over military spending and the direction of the war in Afghanistan.

The border between Israel in Syria at the Golan Heights has been quiet for nearly 40 years, but some worry political instability and the popular uprising in Syria could threaten the peace. For the moment, Israel's government is saying little about the unrest.

Thousands of pages of secret military reports obtained by The New York Times and shared with NPR put a name, a history and a face on some of the hundreds of men held at the detention camp.

Thousands of pages of secret military reports obtained by The New York Times and shared with NPR put a name, a history and a face on some of the hundreds of men held at the detention camp.

Israeli officials insist a U.N. resolution recognizing Palestinian statehood would hinder peace.

About 1 million Muslim women live in America; 43 percent of them wear headscarves full time. But now, a generation of Muslim women is taking off the headscarf, or hijab. For many, their choice is an attempt to balance their private lives with a very public symbol of their religion.

Why has very little progress been made on the international level to reduce the effects of global climate change? We speak to UC San Diego Professor David Victor about his new book "Global Warming Gridlock," which explores why the international discussions about fighting global warming have yielded very little progress over the last 20 years. We also speak to Dr. Victor about what the United States can do on a federal level to reduce its carbon footprint.

Mexican authorities continue to find bodies in mass graves near the town of San Fernando by the U.S.-Mexico border. While violence along the San Diego-Tijuana region seems to be decreasing, we'll talk about why the story hits close to home.

President Obama and others say NATO and its partners must maintain operations in Libya as long as Moammar Gadhafi remains in power. But with rebels and Gadhafi's forces in a stalemate, there's concern the NATO operation may be insufficient to protect civilians — let alone force the dictator out.

Cuba will hold a Communist Party Congress starting this weekend, the first since 1997. Its main purpose will be to ratify Raul Castro's reform plans for the island's failing economic model. But it's not clear how far the changes will go.