Hadeel al-Shalchi is an editor with Weekend Edition. Prior to joining NPR, Al-Shalchi was a Middle East correspondent for the Associated Press and covered the Arab Spring from Tunisia, Bahrain, Egypt, ...

Amid concerns about the complexity and stress of college admissions, some schools are flipping the script by offering to admit students who haven't even applied. It's called direct admissions.

At least 54 journalists were killed covering conflict zones in 2024, according to Reporters Without Borders. NPR speaks with the head of RSF in the U.S., Clayton Weimers.

The impeachments of the country's president and then acting-president worsen the nation's political turmoil, deepen its ...

Finnish authorities detained a ship linked to neighboring Russia that Finnish customs officials and the European Union's ...

Parsons, one of corporate America's most prominent Black executives who held top posts at Time Warner and Citigroup, was ...

Investigators are trying to understand why an Azerbaijan Airlines jet heading to Russia crashed on Christmas, killing 38 people. The plane experienced an explosion before it went down in Kazakhstan.

In the 1970s, a landmark federal law gave children with disabilities a right to a free, public education, and offered federal money to help. Today, many schools say that money isn't enough.

In the 1970s, a landmark federal law gave children with disabilities a right to a free, public education, and offered federal money to help. Today, many schools say that money isn't enough.

Krakow, Poland, has one of the oldest Christmas markets in Europe. NPR correspondent Brian Mann spent a day exploring -- and dancing.

Charges against the CEO of Telegram mark one of the few instances where the head of a major internet platform has been charged over alleged criminal failure to moderate what users do on its site.

The governor of Damascus -- speaking for his direct boss Ahmed al-Sharaa, the newly installed leader of Syria -- says the government wants to facilitate cordial relations between Israel and Syria.