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Turns out it's often tough to track down an address in Mongolia. So, the country asked a British startup to help overhaul its address system, using random three-word phrases to make it more exact.

This was supposed to be the crowning moment for Rio de Janeiro's mayor. Instead he's found himself engulfed in corruption allegations weeks before the opening of the Olympics.

Now that Iraqi forces are retaking Fallujah, what is next? NPR's Rachel Martin sat down with Lukman Faily, Iraq's Ambassador to the U.S., to talk about his country's future and America's role in it.

Congress has resisted passing gun control legislation but how does the American public feel? Michael Dimock, president of the Pew Research Center, shares the latest polling with NPR's Rachel Martin.

Congress has failed to pass gun control laws for years. But following the massacre in Orlando, there are now competing proposals. NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Sen. Susan Collins about her proposal.

Tens of thousands of people demonstrated against the heavy U.S. military presence on the island of Okinawa, Japan, after an American allegedly raped and killed a local woman.

A Colorado woman managed to fight off a mountain lion that was attacking her 5-year-old son. During the harrowing rescue, she reportedly reached into the cat's jaws to free her child's head.

As mourners hold funerals in Orlando for the victims of Sunday's nightclub shooting, the Orlando theater community is banding together to protect them from anti-gay protesters.

Raghuram Rajan was a U.S. resident, educated in both India and the United States. That C.V. and questions on policies put Rajan in the line of fire.

Dance clubs are a special place for the LGBT community — especially Latinos. Clubgoers in Queens, N.Y. say clubs have been safe spaces, making the Orlando massacre particularly devastating.