This week, NASA announced it had shut down one of that spacecraft's remaining science instruments — not because the mission ...

South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff says the launches happened on Sunday morning from the North's eastern Sinpo area.

The Mariana is a 145-foot dry cargo vessel registered in the U.S. It suffered engine failure Wednesday as a massive typhoon ...

A life jacket worn by a passenger on the RMS Titanic has sold at auction for 670,000 pounds, which is more than $900,000.

A report from the International Monetary Fund warns "the global economy is threatened with being thrown off course." European Union Commissioner Marta Kos discusses this grim economic outlook.

A rare look at one of the world's most critical and understudied environmental crises. Southeast Asia produces more than half ...

On the first day of weaving, Brokopp and her friends take turns placing branches of willow between the ribs of pine. Brokopp ...

In the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, flocks of colorful macaws that once brightened city skies now face disappearing nest ...

Buddhists and Hindus in Sri Lanka marked their New Year on Tuesday. As residents in the capital Colombo celebrated, a war thousands of miles away was making itself felt.

We remember Kevin Klose, former NPR president, who helped secure financial stability for the network while supporting and ...

New data shows last year was one of the most volatile years ever for naturalizations, as immigration policy changes and ...

Gasoline costs should start to fall soon, although a full recovery to pre-war prices is expected to take months. That's ...