It has been a dramatic week in Syria as the country's long-stagnant civil war, which began in the early 2010s, has reignited. Insurgent groups have taken over big cities long controlled by Syrian ...
Eleanor Beardsley began reporting from France for NPR in 2004 as a freelance journalist, following all aspects of French society, politics, economics, culture and gastronomy. Since then, she has ...
Science fiction author Ted Chiang wrote the short story that became the movie "Arrival." He talks with host Scott Detrow.
The Syrian government appeared to have fallen early Sunday in a stunning end to the 50-year rule of the Assad family after a ...
Weary Ukrainian civilians escaping war arrive every day. They come from the chain of coal mining towns that line this ...
Annual trends reports from YouTube, TikTok and Spotify reveal how fans had an outsize impact on entertainment, culture and politics this year.
Vows to shrink the deficit, pay down the debt and run government more like a business have long been a stock element of ...
India's ruling Hindu nationalist party, the BJP, has accused the U.S. State Department of trying to "destabilize" India.
NPR's Elissa Nadworny speaks with American Egg Board President and CEO Emily Metz about the latest rise in egg prices just as peak baking season gets underway.
NPR's Elissa Nadworny speaks to Rhiannon Giddens and Limmie Pulliam about their performance of "Omar" at Oberlin College's Finney Chapel as well as Cleveland's Maltz Preforming Arts Center.
One of the pairs of "ruby slippers" used in 1939's "Wizard of Oz" will be auctioned Saturday. The shoes were stolen from Minnesota's Judy Garland Museum in 2005 and found years later.