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Drinking sweet green mint tea — lots of it — is an essential transaction while doing business in Western Sahara. But green tea consumption is a relatively recent tradition in North Africa.

President Obama heads home from the Middle East Saturday, after a mixed reception to his four-day visit. Obama spent much of that time in Israel, trying to lay the groundwork to revive the long-stalled peace process with the Palestinians. He also traveled to the West Bank and met with Jordan's King Abdullah. NPR's Scott Horsley has a recap from Amman, Jordan.

The funding, which is aimed at boosting investor confidence in the region's most populous country, comes after the government floated the currency and slashed fuel subsidies.

Mid-Autumn Festival is a major Chinese holiday when families gather to light lanterns and eat mooncakes. An NPR producer waxes nostalgic about the hockey-puck pastries at the center of celebrations.

Isbin's new album features collaborations with Vai, Stanley Jordan and Heart's Nancy Wilson.

Finding a life companion can sometimes be easy, like when you meet someone at work, at school, or at an event. But more often than not, it’s hard –…

The Citizen's Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is backing a compromise gun registration amendment proposed by Sens. Joe Manchin and Pat Toomey. Robert Siegel talks with committee chairman Alan Gottleib about why his group is splitting from the National Rifle Association and supporting background checks for all commercial transfers of guns.

More than 400 of the best songs of 2015, selected by NPR Music's dedicated listeners and crossing more than a dozen genres. And you can listen to every single one.

TV personality Julie Chen's recent revelation about getting plastic surgery to make her eyes look "less Chinese" has renewed a long-running discussion about how to describe an Asian person's eyes.

Narcotraffickers battling over turf in northern Mexico's border town of Nuevo Laredo have left a trail of bodies and a populace afraid to speak. Last week, nine corpses were dumped near the outskirts of the city. Making matters worse, 131 inmates escaped from a prison in about two hours outside Nuevo Laredo.

The legendary singer Diana Ross was honored at Sunday's Grammys. This was Ross' first Grammy win in spite scoring a dozen nominations throughout her singing career.

If books float your boat, we've got just the thing: magical barge battles, the search for the Northwest Passage and a trans-Atlantic cruise that follows in Geoffrey Chaucer's footsteps. Also pirates!