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In Milan, the site of the Winter Olympic Games, the mayor is taking steps to help migrants while the national governments seeks to discourage immigration.

An inmate who was imprisoned for 21 years in Syria's notorious Sadnaya prison shows NPR's Jane Arraf the concrete cells where he was held.

An Academy Award in Best Casting will be the newest prize at the Oscars in March. An NPR panel examines what an achievement in casting might mean.

The Mexican army killed the leader of the powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel, Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, "El Mencho," in an operation Sunday, a federal official said.

Along with a growing number of war-wounded amputees, Mykhailo Varvarych and Iryna Botvynska are navigating an altered destiny after Varvarych lost both his legs during the Russian invasion.

Iran's state news agency said students protested at five universities in the capital, Tehran, and one in the city of Mashhad on Sunday.

Pakistan's military killed at least 70 militants in strikes along the border with Afghanistan early Sunday, the deputy interior minister said.

The U.S. Secret Service says the man carried a gas can and shotgun before agents shot and killed him early Sunday morning.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Colleen Shogan, former Archivist of the U.S., about an initiative to "debrief America" in its 250th year with essays by prominent Americans, starting with George W. Bush.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to actress and comedy writer Paula Pell about her role in the new show, "The 'Burbs."

Instead of throwing away your old vape, consider turning it into a musical instrument.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Tayari Jones, author of "An American Marriage," about her new book "Kin."