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A disturbance in the Caribbean could become a tropical depression or storm near the Yucatán Peninsula by the weekend, but at the present time is not...

The Tiny Desk is working from home for the foreseeable future. Introducing NPR Music's Tiny Desk (home) concerts, bringing you performances from across…

Beautiful bronze sculptures and castings from West Africa have long been exhibited in some of the world's most august institutions, and the Metropolitan…

Alan Cheuse reviews Half of a Yellow Sun, by Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. The novel takes place during the Biafran War of the 1960s and follows characters through the turbulent times.

The German Weather Service confirmed three tornadoes in North Rhine-Westphalia — in Paderborn, in nearby Lippstadt, and on the edge of the town of Hoexter.

Tuesday was election day in Liberia, and international observers said the presidential run-off vote was largely peaceful and orderly. But the apparent loser, millionaire soccer star George Weah, has challenged the results, which have him trailing former finance minister Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf.

The United States will welcome up to 100,000 Ukrainians and other displaced people fleeing the conflict in Ukraine, a senior administration official told reporters traveling with President Biden.

NPR's Scott Simon takes a moment to remember singer and activist Harry Belafonte, who died this week at the age of 96.

No U.S. citizen was on the trip, but two locals who worked for the U.S. consulate and two policemen were killed, police said.

The Elephant Listening Project has been listening to elephant calls for 20 years to learn more about animals. But identifying the calls used to be laborious — until scientists used AI.