The 1,500 people had been serving long prison sentences that would have been shorter under today's laws and practices. They ...

President Biden commuted the sentences of 1,500 people and pardoned 39 others in the lhe largest act of clemency for a day.

The American identified himself Travis Timmerman. He says he was held for seven months in Sednaya -- a notorious prison in which thousands of people were arbitrarily detained under the Syrian regime.

The FIFA games in 2034 will bring the world to Saudi Arabia, a crowning moment as the country overhauls its economy and rebrands itself on the global stage.

BERLIN — The staff of two at the packed hole-in-the-wall Syrian restaurant Yarok in Berlin are swamped making hummus and ...

Christopher Wray's decision is not a huge surprise. It comes less than two weeks after President-elect Donald Trump said he wants a veteran of his first term in office, Kash Patel, to replace Wray.

Co-host A Martinez and NPR gaming editor James Mastromarino discuss the nominees of this year's Game Awards and their significance in gaming culture.

These true stories range from a "meow-moir" of a Siberian cat to an exploration of what U.S. presidents do after the White ...

In an address to the nation, President Yoon Suk Yeol claimed the opposition-controlled parliament has been destroying the ...

The road to Damascus tells the story of a new Syria emerging from 54 years of authoritarian rule by one family, the Assads. Today's Syria is no longer theirs.

Syrians living inside and outside their country are trying to figure out what comes next after the Assad regime fell. We hear from Syrians along the road from Lebanon to Damascus.

A father wonders why his father-in-law keeps neglecting to mention his daughter in his annual newsletter to family. It ...