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A new wave of migrants is expected to flee Venezuela as the nation's crisis deepens. Authoritarian President Nicolás Maduro claims re-election. The opposition disputes the outcome as fraudulent.

Israel issues more evacuation orders in Gaza after deadly airstrike. Russians prepare for counterattack after Ukraine’s surprise offensive. The Paris Olympics wrap up with a lavish closing ceremony.

The fight for national bragging rights over gold medals — considered by many countries to be the most coveted prize — came down to the wire and, in the end, China and the U.S. tied with 40 apiece.

After several days of rapid advances in western Russia, the Ukrainian military offensive has slowed. Russia is sending reinforcements to the area, but has not yet launched a major counterattack.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Mushfiq Mobarak, a Professor of Economics at Yale University, about how regional powers will view the overthrow of Bangladesh’s authoritarian leader last week.

The police killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., a decade ago led to violent protests that left many businesses destroyed. Efforts to revitalize the area since then have yielded mixed results.

One of the last events of the Sumer Olympics is always the marathon. This year's was a little different. After the official entrants ran the course, it was opened to regular runners.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with the Bram Stoker Award-winning author, Gabino Iglesias, about his new book "House of Bone and Rain."

A team of NPR reporters and editors reviewed the transcript of last Thursday's news conference and found at least 162 misstatements, exaggerations and outright lies in 64 minutes.

Officials and state-controlled media have launched a major campaign against the rally, comparing it to the uprising in Ukraine that led to the fall of that country's then pro-Russia president in 2013.