CENTCOM 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. The prisoners were ...

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." ...

NPR's Scott Simon and sportswriter Michele Steele talk Winter Olympics and the NBA All-Star games.

NPR's Scott Simon asks Michigan Sen. Gary Peters, a democrat, for his views on the conduct of and funding for the Department of Homeland Security.

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

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

Nuri Kamal al-Maliki, a former prime minister, has been nominated to the post by the main Shiite Muslim bloc in the Iraqi Parliament. By Anton Troianovski Reporting from Washington President Trump on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki reacts at a polling station inside Al-Rasheed Hotel during the parliamentary election ...

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 ...

President Trump warned Tuesday that his administration would no longer support Iraq if Nouri al-Maliki is named the country’s next prime minister. “I’m hearing that the Great Country of Iraq might ...

US President Donald Trump has warned Iraq over a reinstatement of Nouri al-Maliki as prime minister, saying that the country “descended into poverty and total chaos” under his previous leadership.

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: ...