It's been 60 years since Japan's bullet train first entered service. Could the technology be coming to Texas?

Former President Donald Trump has talked about using the military and the Department of Justice to go after those he sees as disloyal, raising concerns about American democracy and civil rights.

As the U.N.'s global summit on biodiversity opens, we hear how Colombia's bird song has been crafted to highlight the host country's own amazing biodiversity.

The Justice Department has charged a former Indian intelligence official in a foiled assassination plot targeting an American citizen in New York City.

Cuba’s power grid collapse has become one of the worst crises in the country’s history.

The vampire mockumentary "What We Do in the Shadows" enters its sixth and final season this week. Meanwhile, Kathryn Hahn stars as a witch trying to regain her powers in Marvel's "Agatha All Along." ...

NPR's Michel Martin talks to Aaron David Miller, senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, about what President Biden can do to deescalate conflicts in the Middle East.

It's crunch time for Moldova, the tiny country balancing between EU member countries and Russia, as presidential election and referendum results come in.