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

Organizers called off the Independence Day Parade late Friday, citing an extreme heat warning with temperatures expected to ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Superfans and sleuths appear to have their hunches confirmed on Friday, as dozens of black cars dropped off elegantly dressed ...

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

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

Superfans and sleuths appear to have their hunches confirmed on Friday, as dozens of black cars dropped off elegantly dressed ...

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

As America turns 250, voters from our Swing Shift project talk about the state of the country. Their views ranged from ...

Nearly half of the Americans surveyed in a new national poll do not know what America 250 commemorates.