Israel says it is using air force and artillery to support “limited” and “localized” ground raids. The offensive follows a wave of deadly explosions and two weeks of Israeli airstrikes.

As China marks 75 years of Communist rule, old notebooks and letters stored at Stanford University illuminate the shortcomings of one-party control.

Claudia Sheinbaum is a 62-year old environmental scientist who left academia on a political trajectory that took her from a ...

For the first time since 1996, both major parties have picked a veteran for vice president -- a fact that some veterans' ...

The Israeli military pressed its ground incursion into southern Lebanon on Tuesday, calling the operations “limited ...

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Beirut-based security consultant and Hezbollah expert Nicholas Blanford about the Iran-backed militant group's next steps following the death of its leader.

NPR’s Leila Fadel talks with former U.S. ambassador to Lebanon Ryan Crocker about Israeli launching a limited ground invasion of Lebanon, and U.S. influence in the Middle East.

The Justice Department's third-in-command talked about the department's pledge to fight hate crimes, and shared he was close ...

Former President Jimmy Carter is turning 100. Here are images from notable events or parts of his life, both during his ...

Nora Durkin called a hotline to report abuse she says she experienced as a child. The woman who answered gave her the ...

Street fentanyl has long been viewed as unstoppable. Now many experts say the supply of the deadly synthetic opioid is ...

It allows counties to draft workers. Omaha's Douglas County is the only one to regularly use it. Here’s how the jury ...