President Trump says he hasn't decided whether to strike Iranian nuclear facility, the latest on the Iran-Israel conflict, Social Security benefits face big cuts in 2033 if Congress doesn't act.

The film industry will honor Tom Cruise this fall with an Honorary Academy Award for lifetime achievement, along with the choreographer Debbie Allen and the production designer Wynn Thomas.

A new survey of 1,000 young men in the U.S. shows many feel worried about their futures. NPR speaks with Aaron Smith of the Young Men Research Initiative about the survey and its findings.

Former transgender patient Prisha Mosley supports Supreme Court's decision upholding Tennessee's ban on gender transition treatments for minors, citing her own medical regrets.

Brandon Lake discusses the healing benefits of country living, his new album "King of Hearts" featuring Jelly Roll, and how their collaboration grew into a friendship.

No one doubts the malignity of the Iranian government, but if we forget the tragedies of interventions past, we’ll make the same mistakesOn the eve of the 1991 Gulf war, a TV reporter asked the US commander Norman Schwarzkopf if he would topple Iraq’s Saddam Hussein. Stormin’ Norman replied with a m...

The Senate is divided on war powers as Trump weighs military action against Iran's nuclear sites. Some argue the Constitution gives Congress the sole authority to declare war.

Hurricane Erick has intensified into a dangerous Category 3 major hurricane as it closes in on the southern coast of Mexico. Forecasters at the Miami-based U.S.

A groundbreaking is scheduled in Virginia for the rebuilding of one of the nation’s oldest Black churches.

Despite the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle or sharply cut back on U.S. government-run news outlets like Voice of America, two Persian-language services have been called into duty to report on Israel’s war with Iran to Iranian audiences.

South Africa has opened a new inquiry into the killings of four anti-apartheid activists 40 years ago

Thailand’s Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has apologized for the political turbulence set off by a leaked recording of her negotiations with Cambodia’s former leader in the two nations' latest border dispute

For European drone manufacturers, being able to say that their equipment has been tried in war by Ukrainian forces is becoming a sales pitch

Lithuanian hunters have refused to shoot a wild bear that was spotted roaming around the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius and criticized the government for issuing a permit to kill a member of the protected species

The Los Angeles area is home to the biggest diaspora of Iranians. The growing war between Iran and Israel has rattled this tight-knit community.

Forecasters say Erick has been upgraded to an "extremely dangerous” Category 4 hurricane near Southern Mexico’s Pacific coast

The prospect of U.S. strikes in Iran.

As it strikes militants, the country’s security services are adopting a tactic that Pakistan once criticized the United States for using.

Rebecca Saunders has collaborated with the artist Ed Atkins to create “Lash,” a work that hovers around themes of illness and intimacy.

If Europe was not so in hock to Washington, it would sanction Israel over Gaza and condemn its unilateral attack on IranThe rupture in the transatlantic relationship has left European leaders struggling to know how to think, let alone act, with any autonomy. Europe most urgently needs a mind of its...