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Previous estimates said 90 had died in last week's truck bombing outside the German Embassy. Speaking at a Kabul peace conference, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani did not explain the sharp increase.

After tweets that seemed to side against Qatar, President Trump has offered to host a meeting to work out problems between the small oil-rich nation and its neighbors, which are seeking to isolate it.

As the rhetoric between the Trump administration and North Korea escalates, many of the important diplomatic portfolios that deal with East Asia lie empty at the State Department.

Jason Chaffetz, the Utah Republican, says he will not seek any office in 2018 — tamping down speculation that he could challenge Sen. Orrin Hatch in a re-election bid.

Get to know NPR's Audio & Technical Resource Specialist on the News Operations Desk, Cecily Meza-Martinez.

When the U.S. ambassador to Costa Rica was asked what he would do after Trump asked for his resignation, he joked that maybe he would go on Dancing with the Stars. That's just where he has landed.

Plus personnel and regulatory changes from the Education Department in our NPR Ed weekly roundup.

Being able to deduct local income and property taxes, evens things out — but the House Republican plan in the works eliminates most of those reductions, meaning no tax savings.

"All options are on the table," U.S. Vice President Pence said during his visit to South Korea, amid rising tensions with North Korea over its nuclear and ballistic missile program.

On Wednesday, a New Hampshire auction house will sell a diary kept by John F. Kennedy when he worked as a Hearst reporter in 1945. In it, he talks about Hitler and other events of the day.