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The new Stephen Hawking biographical film The Theory Of Everythingtakes such a starry-eyed view of love and life that it seems to be from another era.

Masoud Barzani, president of the Kurdish region of Iraq, is stepping down after 12 years in power. Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with NPR's Jane Arraf from the regional capital Erbil.

Monday's referendum for voters in Iraq's Kurdish region asks whether the Kurds should break away to form their own country. Iran and Turkey are watching the vote closely.

Executive orders to speed up production of COVID-19 vaccines should increase supplies. But reporter Sarah Jane Tribble tells NPR's Scott Simon that retooling production lines could take a year.

Audie Cornish speaks with journalist Jane Mayer, author of The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War in Terror Turned into a War on American Interests.

Rescue workers in Iran are trying to dig out survivors from the rubble after a major earthquake struck along its border with Iraq yesterday. Hundreds are dead, and thousands are injured and in need of shelter.

NPR travels with a U.S. general as he tours the remote border of Iraq and Syria, where U.S. troops are shelling ISIS targets and trying to secure Iraq.

Scott Simon speaks to PBS News Hour correspondent Jane Ferguson about the latest developments in Afghanistan, where millions face food shortages as the Taliban struggle to maintain security.

American forces are fighting the Islamic State for control of a prison in northeastern Syria, in the most substantial military engagement with ISIS since it lost the last of its territory in 2019.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Miami Chief Heat Officer Jane Gilbert about the measures she is taking to help residents during this week's heat wave.