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Pakistan's foreign minister said his message to Sunday meeting is "Please do not abandon Afghanistan. Please engage. We are speaking for the people of Afghanistan."

As President Obama focuses this week on housing and jobs, Republican White House hopefuls are keeping up a drumbeat of criticism over his announcement last week that all U.S. troops will be out of Iraq by the end of this year. In debates and on the stump, the GOP candidates are attacking each other but also maintaining a steady anti-Obama refrain.

The Food and Drug Administration has reviewed its rules for the abortion pill mifepristone. Patients will now permanently be able to get the drug through the mail.

The Cleveland Browns are the latest pro sports team to have a number of its fully-vaccinated players catch COVID. The virus has hobbled the NBA and NHL and is causing concern across the sports world.

There may be more than 100,000 Russian troops massed on the border with Ukraine. But Ukrainians are carrying on as usual with no sign of panic, but some believe war is inevitable.

Syria's state-run media depict President Obama as weak and indecisive after his decision to wait for a congressional vote on the use of force. Turkey's prime minister says his country will be part of any international coalition. The Saudi foreign minister called for more action against Syria.

The University of Michigan has agreed to a settlement with more than 1,000 people who say they were sexually assaulted by Dr. Robert Anderson at the school during his nearly four-decade career.

Long-time adversaries Turkey and Armenia are talking about opening their border to more trade and travel. But it doesn't look like all the issues of the past will be dealt with yet.

California's primary is today, and onlookers are paying close attention to the results of the recall of San Francisco's District Attorney Chesa Boudin, in addition to Los Angeles' mayoral race.

Canada's Boreal Forest is the source of billions of birds that fly south and end up at American birdfeeders. Wide areas of one of the world's largest remaining forests are being carved up for logging and oil wells, and bird populations are being affected. NPR's Elizabeth Arnold takes an NPR/National Geographic Radio Expedition to the Boreal Forest.