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Several hundred businessmen and politicians, including the former prime minister, have been detained since the president of Bangladesh declared a state of emergency 14 months ago.

Pakistani officials are trying to arrange a peace deal with tribal elders in northwest Pakistan. Previous attempts have failed, but there is optimism this time because a Pashtun nationalist party, the ANP, is involved in the negotiations.

The battle lines have been drawn over Scotland. Nationalists want to push forward with a referendum on independence from Britain. British Prime Minister David Cameron is maneuvering to make sure Scots vote "no" on independence.

Argentina will legalize abortion following a successful vote in the Senate early Wednesday. The decision could send shock waves throughout the heavily Roman Catholic region of Latin America.

For nearly two decades, thousands of Santas take over the streets of Milwaukee in what's known as the Santa Cycle Rampage — the "world's largest holiday-themed costume group bicycle ride for charity."

Midway through the baseball season, commentator Mike Pesca offers this ode to a sports radio talk show host who can turn even the most dismal game into high stakes drama.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with community activist Taneeza Islam about workers at a Smithfield Foods meatpacking plant in Sioux Falls, S.D., where hundreds have tested positive for the coronavirus.

More than a decade after his debut, We the Animals, Justin Torres returns with a novel that centers on a deathbed conversation between two friends about the distortions and erasures of queer history.

The Unity Engine, a popular game development tool, is getting a pricing overhaul. Developers are enraged.

The staff of Doctors Without Borders is aboard a ship in the Mediterranean rescuing migrants, who are attempting to reach Europe in unsafe vessels.