Nora Rahm

In Syria, an ultra-conservative Sunni Muslim group is claiming responsibility for the bombing of a mosque during Friday prayers yesterday.

At least eight people were killed and 18 others were wounded.

The Syrian Foreign Ministry denounced the explosion as a terrorist crime.

The last of Canada's famed Dionne Triquintuplets has died.

Annette Dionne was 91.

As Dan Karpinchuk reports, the five sisters became a global sensation at a cost.

Thailand and Cambodia signed a new ceasefire agreement today designed to end weeks of fighting along their border.

It took effect at noon local time and calls for an end to all military movements.

Both sides also agreed to commit to the original ceasefire in July, brokered by President Trump.

Today's deal also calls for the return of civilians to their homes who were displaced by the fighting.

I'm Nora Rahm, NPR News in Washington.

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Nora Rahm.

The Department of Justice is defending its partial release of the Epstein files, arguing it is following the Epstein Transparency Act.

But the sponsors of the law disagree.

NPR's Luke Garrett reports.

President Trump is ratcheting up the pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.

The U.S.

intercepted another oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela yesterday, the second time in the past two weeks.

NPR's Deepa Shivaram reports.

The state of the economy will be front and center for Wall Street investors this holiday week when the GDP data for the third quarter comes out.