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Fragile Truce Takes Hold In Syria, Allowing More Aid Into Besieged Areas
Daniel Pollack, who was appointed by a U.S. judge to oversee Argentina's debt talks, announced the settlement with some of the country's largest debt holdouts. Bebeto Matthews/AP hide caption
A shopper's cart at WeFood. The supermarket sells items once destined for the trash bin at a discount. Mikkel Østergaard hide caption
A car drives through a devastated part of the old city of Homs, Syria, on Friday. Hassan Ammar/AP hide caption
A member of the main opposition party in South Korea speaks past midnight and into Tuesday morning, marking the seventh day of a filibuster against a new surveillance bill. Screengrab by NPR hide caption
Iranian women vote in the parliamentary and Experts Assembly elections at a polling station in Qom, 78 miles south of the capital, Tehran, on Friday. Ebrahim Noroozi/AP hide caption
Starbucks' licensee in Italy admits it will be "a unique challenge" to push into the country's coffee market. Its new store will open in Milan early in 2017. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
Otto Frederick Warmbier, 21, arrives at the People's Cultural House in Pyongyang, North Korea, where he asked forgiveness in front of the media Monday. Kim Kwang Hyon/AP hide caption
Members of Russia's Emergency Situations Ministry attend a ceremony for miners killed at the Severnaya coal mine in a town north of the Arctic Circle. Alexei Shtokal/TASS via Getty Images hide caption