The shake-up is believed to be an effort to ensure the military's loyalty to the Communist Party and its leader, Xi Jinping.

Khamenei, who ruled Iran for more than three decades, was killed in an airstrike on Feb. 28 at the start of the U.S.-Israeli ...

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Cape Verde didn't win a match at the World Cup, and somehow, that didn't seem to matter. The African team's debut on this ...

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NPR member station reporters across the U.S. asked people how they are thinking about their country on its semiquincentennial ...

Primm, Nev., a once-thriving casino town on the border with California, was on the verge of fading away for good. The family ...

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The country's theocracy hopes to see millions flood the streets of the capital beginning Saturday in scenes reminiscent to ...

Acclaimed artist and activist Ai Weiwei has often encountered censorship and surveillance throughout his career.

When filmmaker David McCourt's grandfather came to the U.S. and landed a job, he considered himself neither rich nor poor and ...