The Academy Awards will for the first time spotlight a vital, often overlooked craft: casting. NPR speaks with all the nominees in the new category.

NPR's Steve Inskeep asks Iran expert Karim Sadjadpour of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace about Iran's selection of new leadership.

China says it will send a special envoy to the Middle East to help mediate the US-Israel-Iran war, as Chinese political ...

As Iran launches its Shahed drones at Gulf nations in retaliation for strikes by the U.S. and Israel, Ukraine offers its expertise at downing the drones Russia has lobbed at its cities for years.

Mehdi Mahmoudian has been in and out of Iran's prisons over decades. He's a longtime political and human rights activist. NPR's Leila Fadel spoke with him about what its like in Tehran.

The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford has been at the center of two major conflicts in recent months. Some parents of crew members and lawmakers worry about the impact of its lengthy deployment.

As clerics convene to replace Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei after his death in an Israeli strike, Iran faces a pivotal choice that could either cement hardline continuity under his son ...

The employees of a movie theater have been keeping a list of some of the mis-remembered film titles that ticket-buyers have asked for.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says he supports the strikes on Iran "with some regret" as they represent an extreme ...

The images suggest that precision munitions struck other buildings, including a clinic that was also inside the complex.

Every March, the Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA) leads the nation in observing Brain Injury Awareness Month.

China has signaled continuity rather than change for its economy, setting a slightly lower target for growth this year in the midst of a property slump and other headwinds at home and growing ...