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Oil prices rose and the stock market fell Friday, as investors reacted to rising tension in the Middle East. Fallout from the killing of a top Iranian military leader was more muted than expected.

At the outset of 2020, we look back on some of our favorite moments from the last 10 years.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks to Halah, an anti-government protester in Baghdad who is worried about what a proxy war between Iran and the U.S. will mean for her country.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with NPR correspondents Deb Amos, Eleanor Beardsley and Daniel Estrin about the global reactions to the targeted killing of Qassem Soleimani by the United States.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks to the Atlantic Council's director of the Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative, Kirsten Fontenrose, about the U.S. strategy in Iran.

France's president wants to overhaul the country's retirement systems. Despite strike hassles, a slight majority of the French still support the labor movement against a reform they don't trust.

The Brooklyn Bridge was the scene of Sunday's march against a recent spate of anti-Semitic incidents in New York. There have been high-profile acts of violence.

Following the U.S. airstrike in Iraq that killed the top Iranian general, the U.S.-led military coalition fighting ISIS said it's temporarily stopping that fight to brace for retaliation from Iran.

Australia faces even hotter weather and strong winds which are expected to worsen the crisis. The disaster is heightening scrutiny of what critics say is inaction on climate change by politicians.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Richard Johnson of the Nuclear Threat Initiative about the implications of Iran ending a key component of the landmark 2015 nuclear deal.