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Ambassador Robert Ford, the State Department's point man on Syrian policy, met with the head of the Aleppo military council on Wednesday. Syrian rebels thanked him for the delivery of some 65,000 MREs. Both the visit and the shipment appear to be a sign of support for Gen. Salim Idriss, the rebels' commander.

Officials said Thursday that the country had nearly 1,500 new cases in a single day with 13 new deaths from COVID-19. The news came as the Kremlin extended a national "non-working week."

In a social media post Tuesday night, Peng Shuai described her assault years earlier at the hands of Zhang Gaoli. It's the first public accusation of sexual assault against a senior Party officer.

The death of world leaders and celebrities dominated both world and U.S. searches. Oh, and lots of people also searched for the Harlem shake.

This week, the Senate is on track to confirm six more federal appeals court judges nominated by President Trump. NPR looks at who they are as they make their way to the judicial bench.

Zimbabwean Olympic swimmer Kirsty Coventry has been elected to head the International Olympic Committee. The two-time gold medalist is marking a whole new set of 'firsts.'

Felix Baumgartner lept 24 miles from the stratosphere and landed gracefully just more than nine minutes later in a desert in Roswell, N.M., Sunday.

The World Health Organization warns of more than 20,000 cases by early November if help doesn't arrive quickly in West Africa. The CDC projects 1.4 million cases by late January.

Scott Schools, the highest ranking career official at the Justice Department, will soon leave his position. Schools touched sensitive issues at DOJ including the special counsel probe.

The Senate confirms the Republican congressman from Texas as the director of national intelligence in a vote along party lines. His detractors say he lacks experience for the job.