Israel said Sunday it will close its embassy in Ireland as relations deteriorated over the war in Gaza, where Palestinian ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with listener Suzanne Hendrich of Missoula, Montana and puzzle master Will Shortz.

President-elect Donald Trump announced Saturday that he's picked longtime foreign policy adviser Richard Grenell to serve as ...

Inclement weather plagued areas of the U.S. in the first half of the weekend, with dangerous conditions including a major ice ...

Businesses are divided over Trump's plan to impose sweeping tariffs. Some companies welcome the protection from foreign ...

Indian tabla player Zakir Hussain — who united musicians from diverse cultures and by doing so, shaped modern world music — ...

By many measures, California is a shining success story. On its own, it boasts the world's fifth-largest economy. It's one of the richest states in the U.S., with one of the country's highest per ...

Two important food holidays are meeting up this year. December 25 is both Christmas and also the first night of Hanukkah.

President-elect Donald Trump had two high-profile guests with him at the Army-Navy game yesterday: Pete Hegseth, his Secretary of Defense pick, and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.

Some colleges are advising foreign students who're leaving the U.S. over the holidays to return before President-elect Donald Trump takes office on January 20th.

A German-language Christmas choir in Austin, Texas, has been in operation since 1879. NPR joins the choir as they rehearse for their annual Christmas concert.

Ayesha Rascoe talks to Mazen Gharibah of the London School of Economics about internal opposition to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, which started long before his ouster this month.