President Bashar Assad and his father, Hafez Assad, combined to rule Syria for more than 50 years, always with an iron fist ...
The Syrian government appeared to have fallen early Sunday in a stunning end to the 50-year rule of the Assad family after a lightning rebel offensive.
DAMASCUS, Syria — The Syrian government collapsed early Sunday, falling to a lightning rebel offensive that seized control of ...
In Generation Barney, member station Connecticut Public explores how Barney the Dinosaur shaped a generation of kids. Here's some of the podcast's first episode in which host Sabrina Herrera guides us ...
Science fiction author Ted Chiang wrote the short story that became the movie "Arrival." He talks with host Scott Detrow.
This week, President-elect Donald Trump tapped tech and aerospace billionaire and private astronaut Jared Isaacman to lead NASA. Isaacman has been to space twice, and in his most recent trip in ...
The holidays can be a challenging time for people who are grieving loved ones. For NPR's Life Kit, Julia Furlan talked to grief experts about ways you can support a friend or loved one who's grieving.
Eleanor Beardsley began reporting from France for NPR in 2004 as a freelance journalist, following all aspects of French society, politics, economics, culture and gastronomy. Since then, she has ...
The bells of Notre Dame Cathedral rang on Saturday evening in Paris for the first time since a fire devastated the Paris ...
Weary Ukrainian civilians escaping war arrive every day. They come from the chain of coal mining towns that line this ...
Annual trends reports from YouTube, TikTok and Spotify reveal how fans had an outsize impact on entertainment, culture and politics this year.