More than 1.5 million pilgrims have arrived in Saudi Arabia for the annual Hajj pilgrimage, one of the Five Pillars of Islam, against the backdrop of a tenuous ceasefire in the Iran war and related ...

China launched the Shenzhou 23 spacecraft with 3 astronauts heading to its space station. One astronaut is set to stay in space for a year to explore human adaptability in long-duration spaceflights.

There have been more than 900 suspected and confirmed cases of Ebola, resulting in more than 180 deaths. It's the first major outbreak the Trump Administration drastically cut health aid programs.

BEIRUT — In a makeshift gym in the Burj al-Barajneh refugee camp, the participants in this martial arts class are unlearning much of what they have been taught about how girls and women should behave.

The number of cases — and deaths — in Bangladesh is staggering. As of Sunday, 528 have died, mostly children. How did this ...

The young women make photos that look at life — how it is, how they wish it could be — under Taliban rule. The images are on ...

An analysis from the Acadia Center and Clean Air Task Force estimates electric customers could save $9 billion through public ...

The group's "Safe for Swimming" report from finds that 78% of beaches tested in 2024 had potentially unsafe contamination ...

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with former U.S. Ambassador to Israel Daniel Shapiro about the Trump administration's pending agreement with Iran to wind down the war in the Middle East.

President Trump and other administration officials are tempering expectations raised of an imminent agreement to end the war in Iran while Iranian officials have signaled there are still disagreements ...

Which word to anagram is for you to discover. This week's challenge comes from Jim Francis, of Kirkland, Wash. Think of a ...

Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Alan Taylor joins us to discuss Maine’s role in the American Revolution and to share stories that shed light on the history of that era. We’ll also learn about the ...