Purdue University is leading an expedition to determine if an object identified by satelitte is the wreckage of Earhart's ...

The family of a woman killed during an immigration enforcement surge in Minnesota is filing two civil suits against the federal government.

A $3 billion gift to Carnegie Mellon University is the largest single donation in the history of U.S. higher education, and it's part of a larger trend.

One pilot stabbed another pilot on a flydubai flight headed to Tel Aviv on Wednesday and may have tried to crash the plane before passengers and crew members subdued him, Israel's prime minister says.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Robert Malley, a negotiator of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, about where talks stand after President Trump rejected Iran's offer to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

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.

President Trump has rejected the latest Iranian proposal to end the conflict. Meanwhile, France is sending military support to Saudi Arabia in its war against Iranian-backed militants.

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

Nearly 30 people were killed in two separate mass shootings over the weekend in South Africa.

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.