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Taking on two world crises, President Biden pledged to use diplomacy to end the long Yemen war and to allow more refugees to come to the US.

Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, who died on Sunday, was the director of the U.N.s lead agency on family planning and maternal health.

The debt-racked territory voted to become the 51st state in 2012, but Congress never picked up the result.Puerto Rico voted again Sunday and partial results show most voters support U.S. statehood.

With a temporary lifting of President Trump's ban on refugee admissions to the U.S., Syrian families have been getting back on flights they were bumped off last week.

Cubans who have benefited from the Obama administration's opening to the communist island are nervous about what lies ahead with the incoming Trump administration.

TSA administrator Peter Neffenger was in Belgium during last month's terrorist attack at the Brussels airport. He talks about that experience with NPR, and about what U.S. travelers can expect regarding airport security and screening lines this summer.

Scientists have evidence that the epidemic in Latin America may have started to subside. But the U.S. isn't out of the woods yet.

Sen. Harris is the first person of South Asian descent on a U.S. presidential ticket. Her mother's side of the family is from southern India. Hindu faithful offer prayers for a Biden-Harris victory.

Russian government hackers have breached email systems at federal agencies. It's being called the largest and most sophisticated hack in the past five years.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson praised his top aide who is accused of violating quarantine rules by leaving London and driving to northern England while he was infected with COVID-19.