U.S. and Iranian envoys have held talks aimed at averting possible U.S. strikes on Iran.

He will have you for dinner: what is it about an unapologetic cannibal that so captured readers and audiences? NPR's Scott Simon talks with Brian Raftery about his new book, "Hannibal Lecter: A Life." ...

In the new animated film, "Arco," a time-traveling boy gets trapped in the year 2075 and must evade captors, robots and wildfires. NPR's Scott Simon talks to writer and director Ugo Bienvenu.

Between war, protests and government crackdowns, the filmmakers raced to finish and smuggle their portrait of Tehran's ...

And now it's time for sports. SIMON: Winter Olympics, twilight of the quad god. But American women's hockey is a juggernaut. Alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin looks to bounce back, and an NBA All-Star ...

GREG DAVIES: A group of comics battling out to see who is the least worst at doing a thing. No one will learn anything from the next hour. So crack open a can and give in to the pointlessness. SIMON: ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio seeks to reassure European allies and a partial government shutdown hits the Department of Homeland Security.

U.S. Central Command said that the transfer that began on Jan. 21 saw U.S. forces transporting more than 5,700 adult male IS suspects from detention facilities in Syria to Iraqi custody.

Nuri Kamal al-Maliki, a former prime minister, was nominated to lead Iraq once again, but President Trump said he would cut U.S. support if that went ahead. By Erika Solomon The nominee to be Iraq’s ...

Chevron seeks improved terms for West Qurna 2 oilfield, sources say Iraq nationalized operatorship of oilfield after U.S. sanctions on Lukoil Iraq has improved oil contract terms in deals with majors ...

Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago tells NPR's Scott Simon why he and two other Catholic cardinals released a statement critical of the Trump administration's foreign policy. This week, three prominent ...