A new program at the Department of Energy is pushing the development of nearly a dozen new reactor designs at breakneck speed ...

Myanmar's military is planning a general election this month, one critics call a sham that comes in the midst of a nearly five-year long civil war that's left thousands dead and millions displaced.

UN peacekeepers in Lebanon face end of decades-old mission despite regular attacks by Israel breaking year-old ceasefire.

After a ceasefire that has lasted more than two months, the U.S. is pushing for a lasting peace in Gaza. Steve Inskeep is a host of NPR's Morning Edition, as well as NPR's morning news podcast Up ...

The Kremlin has a new "Explanatory Dictionary of the State Language of the Russian Federation." We look into some of the revised definitions of common words.

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Hundreds of mourners gathered in Sydney, Australia, this week for the first funerals for the victims of the Bondi Beach mass shooting.