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At age 13, Farzana Wahidy was beaten in the street for not wearing a burqa. To have carried a camera then would have been unthinkable. But she went on to become a pioneering photographer and, after working and studying abroad, returned to Afghanistan to "show the bigger image, not just show we have problems."

Echoing some of the things suggested by NRA leaders in the wake of the Newtown school shooting, a task force created by the association has come back with its report.

On his latest video, for the song "You," London-based singer Keaton Henson bares the remains of a profoundly broken heart, while walking through the desolate landscape of the California desert.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev is under attack these days — and is receiving no support from his erstwhile political partner, President Vladimir Putin. Though loyal and cautious, Medvedev became a magnet for the opposition, who sought an alternative to Putin. Now, observers say, it's only a matter of time before Medvedev is ousted.

The writer's family was living in Egypt, in exile from Libya, when Matar's father, a prominent opponent of the Qaddafi regime, was kidnapped, taken back to Libya, and imprisoned. That was in March 1990, and it was the last time Matar saw his father. After the revolution in March 2012, Matar returned to look for his father or at least try to find out what became of him.

Now that President Obama's second term is under way, there is news of new ambassador postings that include a number of high-profile donors such as Caroline Kennedy, who's expected to be named the next U.S. ambassador to Japan. Robert Siegel talks with Susan R. Johnson, president of the American Foreign Service Association, about political ambassadorships and what opportunities and pitfalls they present.

According to recent reports from Iran, inflation rates rose for the sixth consecutive month in March. It currently stands at 31.5 percent. Robert Siegel talks with New York Times reporter Thomas Erdbrink about the effects of high inflation rates on Iran.

North Korea says it will restart a nuclear reactor that it shut down six years ago. Pyongyang said it needs to resolve an acute electricity shortage, as well as bolster what it called its nuclear armed force. The move is a further escalation of tension on the Korean peninsula after a series of North Korean threats.

The last few days have been riddled with bellicose language coming from North Korea, and a declared "state of war" against South Korea. Yet the Kaesong Industrial Complex, a North Korean manufacturing base for 120 South Korean firms and workplace to Koreans from both sides of the border, has been humming along as usual. Audie Cornish speaks with North Korea expert Aidan Foster-Carter from Leeds University about the history of the complex and what its status means.

Ever since the tragedy in Newtown, Conn., in December, the National Rifle Association has promised a plan for keeping schoolchildren safe.