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NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Sayed Ikram Afzali, executive director of Integrity Watch Afghanistan, about the report released Wednesday about the corruption in Afghanistan and how it contributes to violent conflicts there.

The militant group, Boko Haram, continues to heavily rely on children, especially girls, to carry out suicide bombings in northeast Nigeria and neighboring countries. NPR's Robert Siegel talks to Laurent Duvillier, chief spokesman for west and central Africa for UNICEF, about the organization's report, which found the number of child bombers has risen sharply in the past year.

Ever since Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine in July 2014, Russia has offered a number of explanations — all of which attempt to shift blame away from Russia and its Ukrainian separatist allies.

Every other year, the Nation's Report Card shows how students across the U.S. are doing in subjects like math and reading. The 2024 results are cause for hope, and concern.

Governor Andy Beshear in a Tuesday press conference on the coronavirus announced Kentucky hospitals will receive an additional $800 million to $1 billion…

Europe recently downgraded the protected status of wolves, sparking concern among conservationists who warn this may undo decades of progress and lead to the species becoming threatened again.

LaMont Dottin was a freshman at Queens College when he vanished in 1995. his mother flew to New York to report him missing. Because LaMont was over 18, the NYPD initially refused to take her report.

FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe's retirement has been rumored, but the Washington Post reported he plans to step down after he becomes eligible to receive full pension benefits as early as March.

The United States has joined the list of countries where democracy is backsliding, according to a new report by the think tank International IDEA.

In 1971, computer dating involved people filling out forms and sending them by mail to a service where they ran profiles through a computer and mailed potential matches back.