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Prosecutors in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore seized hundreds of millions of dollars in assets belonging to a Cambodian businessman whom the U.S. accuses of heading a global scam syndicate.

When Amazon accidentally released copies of Margaret Atwood's sequel to The Handmaid's Tale on the same day the novel, The Testaments, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, critics protested.

The U.S. is "comprehensively reviewing" its relationship with Tanzania after hundreds were killed in a violent post-election crackdown.

Saltzman led an expansion of Dave’s Markets to become a staple in Cleveland as many other markets were disappearing in the 1970s.

Iraqi forces have taken most of the territory that had been held by ISIS in the city of Ramadi, taking the town's center today. Host Audie Cornish speaks to NPR's Alice Fordham.

North Carolina Rep. Walter Jones died Sunday at the age of 76. The Republican lawmaker was known for initially supporting the war in Iraq before changing his mind and becoming a fierce opponent.

The censure vote drew bipartisan support, and followed an investigation by the House Ethics Committee into allegations of sexual harassment against two young female staff members.

It has to do with language learning, according to a new study from Duke University.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is 81, a heavy smoker and has a history of health problems. He was elected more than a decade ago, and it's not clear how he would be replaced.

United Nations member states pledged Friday to eliminate extreme poverty by 2030. That's defined as surviving on $1.25 per person per day. What is life really like on that amount?