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  • North Korean Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly Kim Yong Nam, center, walks through the Pyongyang International Airport, in 2015, in Pyongyang, North Korea.
    Top North Korean Official To Lead Delegation To Olympics
    Kim Yong Nam, the president of the Supreme People's Assembly, could meet one-on-one with South Korean President Moon Jae-in amid a hiatus in hostilities between the bitter rivals.
  • A Top CIA Official Retires Under Cloud of Suspicion
    Even as it loses its chief executive, the CIA's recently retired third-ranking official is under investigation for possible improper relations with a defense contractor, says Newsweek magazine correspondent Michael Isikoff. Federal investigators are investigating CIA Executive Director Kyle "Dusty" Foggo.
  • Top Reviewers On Amazon Get Tons Of Free Stuff
    "I have so many Bluetooth speakers, it's ridiculous," Amazon's top reviewer says. He's also received headphones, laser printers and a spin bike.
  • Spanish rejoneador Pablo Hermoso de Mendoza brandishes a banderilla as he fights a bull during the El Pilar Feria at La Misericordia bullring last week.
    Spanish Top Court Overturns Catalonia's Bullfighting Ban
    The judges ruled it was unconstitutional and infringed on the government's responsibility to preserve Spain's cultural patrimony. Catalan lawmakers approved the ban in 2010, citing animal cruelty.
  • Child laborers wait to be processed at a safe house after being rescued during a raid at a factory in New Delhi by workers from Bachpan Bachao Andolan (Save the Childhood Movement) in June.
    India, China Top List Of Nations With Most Slaves
    But the country with the highest prevalence of modern-day slavery is Mauritania. That's according to a report released Thursday by the Walk Free Foundation, an anti-slavery group. The numbers are in line with previous estimates from the U.N. and the State Department.
  • Finalists for the top teenage piano competition join NPR
    The final three participants share thoughts as they headed into final round of Cliburn International Junior Piano Competition, where more than 20 teenagers performed classical sonatas and concertos.
  • A Cambodian survivor of the infamous Tuol Sleng prison (known as S-21) poses by a picture of "Brother Number Two" Nuon Chea last year.
    Top Khmer Rouge Leaders Apologize For Regime's Atrocities
    Nuon Chea, the No. 2 leader in the genocidal Cambodian regime, and head of state Khieu Samphan are on trial for genocide and crimes against humanity during the 1970s.
  • Melissa McCarthy gets a star-vehicle movie of her own in <em>Spy</em>.
    In 'Spy,' Melissa McCarthy Receives Top-Billing. Finally.
    NPR film critic Bob Mondello says Spyis a generous, smart, sexy comedy, surrounding a generous, smart, sexy star. It was a long time coming, but it was worth the wait.
  • Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev addresses the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., before setting off across America in September 1959.
    'K Blows Top': Reliving Khrushchev's American Tour
    Nikita Khrushchev starred in his own travel comedy back in 1959. Peter Carlson's new book, K Blows Top, documents the Communist leader's unusual tour through the United States.
  • One of Ilan Hall's bacon-wrapped matzo balls.
    Matzo Balls Meet Bacon At Top Chef's Restaurant
    At the fusion brainchild of a Ilan Hall, you can eat bacon-wrapped matzo balls, gefilte fish and chips, and Manischewitz-braised pork belly all in one sitting. It's Scottish-Jewish food at it's finest — even if there isn't much competition.
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