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Several of the foreign-staffed Catholic religious orders in Mongolia run shelters, orphanages and nursing homes to care for a population of 3.3 million where one in three people lives in poverty.

Vaccines may not be as effective for those who are immuno-compromised. Protecting them needs to be made a top priority, says researchers — to keep them safe and to slow the emergence of variants.

The militant advance in Iraq continued south as hundreds of thousands flee Mosul, a northern city which recently fell. NPR's Alice Fordham reports from northern Iraq on what the refugees and leaders are saying about the fast-moving extremist storm.

While leaders of the world's seven largest economies gathered in Cornwall, England, activists for a wide range of causes staged protests in the nearby town of Falmouth.

Dozens of people have died in avalanches in the U.S. this year. One Colorado town is trying to equip backcountry skiers with safety and decision-making tools to help them stay alive.

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. declared a state of emergency on Thursday after Typhoon Kalmaegi left at least 114 people dead and more than 100 missing in central provinces.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Antoine Renard, the World Food Programme Country director for Gaza, about how people in north Gaza are starving and aid shipments reached their lowest level in September.

Propel makes a free app for people on food stamps. Now it's giving some of them $50 each, as some private companies, nonprofits, and individuals scramble to help.

Attendees at a town hall hosted by Congressional Democrats expressed frustration with the party -- saying they want lawmakers to give them outlines of a plan to fight against the Trump administration.

Some people are already voting in this year's election, and some people are already planning to challenge the vote. We'll hear how election officials are trying to secure their work.