The famed Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris is set to reopen next month for the first time since a devastating fire crippled the ...

The ceasefire deal between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon requires Hezbollah fighters to move North, away from the border with Israel. Lebanon's government is responsible for ensuring it happens.

Alice Brock, whose restaurant in western Massachusetts inspired Arlo Guthrie's Thanksgiving song, died last week at the age of 83.

Australian children will be banned from using some of the world's biggest social media sites under strict new laws passed by the country's parliament.

Two years after mass protests, women are still demonstrating against Iran's mandatory hijab law and clerical rule. Iran's government is saying the activists are in need of psychiatric help.

When Richard III's skeleton was found under a parking lot in England in 2012, it was an exciting enough discovery for the ...

It's time to discuss one of the perennial debates of the holiday season. Are real Christmas trees or their fake counterparts ...

British lawmakers have agreed on plans to make assisted deaths legal in parts of the country, in a historic vote on a highly polarizing proposal.

The Department of Energy is focusing on aerogels to reduce the severity of lithium battery fires. a lab that creates the substance shares the pros and cons of this technology in creating safer EVs.

British lawmakers voted to advance a bill that would allow some terminally ill patients the right to end their lives — an ...

Noah Bookbinder of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington tells NPR's Ari Shapiro that President elect Trump is set to enter office with several major conflicts of interest.

In this story from the archives that first ran on All Things Considered in 1971, an elderly woman from Ohio reflects on Thanksgiving memories from her childhood.