The threat of Iran laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz -- the narrow waterway through which about 20% of the world's oil supply travels -- is raising fresh fears about global oil prices.

Iran's state media issued what it said was a statement by Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, as the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran entered its 13th day. It was purported to be the new leader's first ...

The Pritzker Prize was awarded Thursday. "In every work, he is able to answer with radical originality, making the unobvious ...

A potentially strong El Niño weather pattern will likely emerge this summer and persist through the rest of the year. The hottest years on record generally occur in years when El Niño is active.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut, who says the Trump administration's war plans for Iran are "incoherent and incomplete." ...

Making waste water drinkable is a growing technology trend, especially in areas where limited water resources are restricting development.

In today’s episode, Elizabeth Day describes the protagonist in her new novel One of Us as the “quintessential outsider.” Martin Gilmour came from a difficult background, but won a scholarship to an ...

Military confrontations, early-morning attacks, and digital warfare: the story of Iran and the U.S. from the 1979 Iranian revolution to the fraught moment we're in today. This episode originally ran ...

Chris Fleming takes his unique observations about the weirdness of everyday life and runs (and catapults and crawls and ...

Detractors point to Adebayo's one-of-a-kind stat line — 43 field goal attempts, 22 3-point attempts and, most of all, NBA ...

Trump, who promised to lower gas prices, is tapping the Strategic Petroleum Reserve as war drives prices up. And, the U.S. investigates the strike on an Iranian school that killed at least 165 people.

Swing voters who helped reelect President Trump in 2024 don't support his decision to go to war in Iran and instead want to see U.S. tax dollars spent tackling economic pressures facing Americans.