Tunisians await the results of their country's first free and democratic election — and the first of the Arab Spring. Despite the strong showing of a moderate, once-banned Islamist party, the new government will likely be a coalition of secular and religious groups.

In Wenzhou, China's entrepreneurial capital, scores of business owners have fled, with at least one committing suicide, after they could not repay loans from the city's underground banks and loan sharks. The rise of this $19 billion empire highlights flaws in China's banking system.

Loren Jenkins covered Cairo as Hosni Mubarak took power in 1981. Three decades later, he guided NPR's Arab Spring coverage. After 15 years as NPR's senior foreign editor, Jenkins is stepping down. He reflects on his career and the evolution of foreign journalism.

Though the death toll (more than 360) continues to climb and the chances of finding more survivors are dimming, there is a bit of good news about what's happening in eastern Turkey, where a 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck on Sunday

Libya's interim leaders don't want the site to become a shrine or to be defaced by those who hate the former dictator. He was captured and killed last Thursday.

In his new book, British journalist Ioan Grillo takes a close look at the Mexican drug war, starting with el narco, or the network of drug smugglers who cast a murderous shadow over Mexico.

Human Rights groups are offering widespread praise for a U.S. decision to send military advisers to help combat the Lord's Resistance Army, a rebel group accused of repeated atrocities in Uganda and surrounding countries.

The terrorist group's presence in Africa has received much less attention than in places like Afghanistan, Pakistan and Yemen. But U.S. officials warn that the group may be growing stronger in lawless parts of Africa.