NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with former assistant secretary of defense for the Middle East Dana Stroul about the latest ceasefire proposal from Iran.

British police arrested five men on suspicion of plotting a van bomb attack near a military base in Gloucestershire used by the United States Air Force.

The largest international livestock crossing on the Texas/New Mexico border opens after being shut down for more than a year because of the flesh-eating New World Screwworm fly.

As Xi Jinping heads to the White House, polls show Americans feeling their best days are behind them. But what does America ...

China is cracking down on underground churches, with one church leader finding refuge in the U.S.

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Andrew Weissmann, a legal analyst and former federal prosecutor, about the Trump administration's rationale for banning three news outlets from the White House.

Former Wabash Township Trustee Jennifer Teising should not have faced criminal charges, according to an Indiana Supreme Court decision released this week. The embattled ex-trustee was initially ...

In Indonesia, the search is continuing for at least 129 people still missing after a ferry capsized in heavy seas on Sunday. The search is being hampered by bad weather. More than a hundred people ...

Less than a decade into its lease, the operator of Indiana’s Toll Road filed for bankruptcy this week. Investment group Cintra-Macquarie paid 3-point-8 billion dollars in a 2006 deal to lease the toll ...

Nick Schenkel reviews "The World of Sugar: How the Sweet Stuff Transformed Our Politics, Health, and Environment over 2,000 Years," by Ulbe Bosma. Nick Schenkel, retired Director of the West Lafayette ...