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Former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan is making a big push Saturday to try to keep his peace plan for Syria on track. He convened a meeting with foreign ministers in Geneva to back up his ideas for promoting a political transition. Host Scott Simon talks with NPR's Michele Kelemen.

Israel cut the number of Gaza aid delivery trucks, citing an alleged Hamas ceasefire breach. NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Jonathan Fowler of the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees.

Rachel Martin talks to Max Baucus, former ambassador to China under President Obama, about China and North Korea's relationship, and the timing of North Korea's missile launch.

An irrepressible global pop star and political provocateur, Bad Bunny collects streaming accolades with ease, but refuses to temper his idiosyncrasies or move to U.S. pop's center.

China is reopening its pandemic closed borders. Ukraine wants to host a peace summit at the U.N. in February. States that charged people to pay foster care bills added to the struggles of families.

The Taliban responded with contradictory stances in the effort to rescue women and girls who were wounded and left homeless. That's a reflection of tensions between hardliners and pragmatists.

China banned fentanyl last year, but an NPR investigation reveals how Chinese vendors continue to market the chemicals used to make the drug on e-commerce and social media sites.

A group of five United Nations diplomats has gone beyond talking and taken up singing in their effort to achieve world peace. Host Scott Simon talks to several of the ambassadors, whose album, Ambassadors Sing for Peace, came out on Tuesday.

Moments before President Trump headed into his meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, he tweeted that the chief economic adviser was being hospitalized near Washington, D.C.

World leaders, including President Trump, attended a virtual donor summit Sunday for recovery efforts after last week's blast. The event was co-hosted by the U.N. and French President Emmanuel Macron.