South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff says the launches happened on Sunday morning from the North's eastern Sinpo area.

The Mariana is a 145-foot dry cargo vessel registered in the U.S. It suffered engine failure Wednesday as a massive typhoon ...

A life jacket worn by a passenger on the RMS Titanic has sold at auction for 670,000 pounds, which is more than $900,000.

A report from the International Monetary Fund warns "the global economy is threatened with being thrown off course." European Union Commissioner Marta Kos discusses this grim economic outlook.

Buddhists and Hindus in Sri Lanka marked their New Year on Tuesday. As residents in the capital Colombo celebrated, a war thousands of miles away was making itself felt.

A rare look at one of the world's most critical and understudied environmental crises. Southeast Asia produces more than half ...

New data shows last year was one of the most volatile years ever for naturalizations, as immigration policy changes and ...

We remember Kevin Klose, former NPR president, who helped secure financial stability for the network while supporting and ...

On the first day of weaving, Brokopp and her friends take turns placing branches of willow between the ribs of pine. Brokopp ...

In the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, flocks of colorful macaws that once brightened city skies now face disappearing nest ...

Iran's foreign minister declared the Strait of Hormuz is open, following the start of an Israel-Lebanon ceasefire. President ...

Thousands of displaced people are flooding back into southern Lebanon after a 10-day ceasefire between the Iran-backed militia Hezbollah and Israel began at midnight on Friday.