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Reactions to the Israel-Hamas war vary across Europe, determined by each country's unique history and perspective. Here's what governments are saying in Britain, France and Germany.

Esther Phillips was a hugely popular teenage R&B singer who, in 1962, recorded the top-10 hit "Release Me."

Serbs go to the polls today in parliamentary elections expected to sweep Slobodan Milosevic's Socialist Party out of government. NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports.

NPR's Eric Weiner reports on the political troubles of Japan's Prime Minister, Yoshiro Mori. Mori's party may oust him through a vote of no confidence.

Kids these days expect a lot from the hosts of birthday parties. Commentator Lenore Skenazy says in her day, simple items like plywood paddles and rubber ball would do.

As part of our ongoing series of stump speeches, we broadcast an excerpt of Green Party candidate David Cobb speaking Tuesday at Harvard University.

This Sunday, the French will head to the polls for the first round of voting to elect a new parliament. President Macron called the snap election after the far right’s finished first earlier in June.

The poster was on display at West Virginia's "GOP Day" on Friday. It provoked an argument, an injury, the resignation of a staff member and potential disciplinary action against a lawmaker.

A digital fail severely delays the Iowa Democratic caucus results. Is it time to completely rethink electronic voting of all kinds in American elections?

Steve Inskeep talks to Gerald Steinberg, professor of political studies at Bar Ilan University, about the future of Israeli politics as Prime Minister Ariel Sharon lies ill after a stroke in Jerusalem. Steinberg says Sharon was a major political figure, and there are no other national names to take his place.