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Kazakhstan lost its bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics to Beijing, but a number of Kazakhs see this as an opportunity, not a loss.

Last week in Karachi, gunmen killed prominent Pakistani women's rights activist Sabeen Mahmud. She also founded a cafe/bookstore. At a literature festival in Islamabad, colleagues mourned the loss.

Angela Duckworth worries that when it comes to measuring students' resilience, education policy may be getting ahead of science.

Once Tehran takes steps to roll back its nuclear program, an estimated $100 billion in frozen overseas assets will become available. Iran has many needs to meet with its battered economy.

Back-to-back Clinton controversies are making Democrats queasy. But should they be?

Media correspondent David Folkenflik talks to NPR's Arun Rath about the now-retracted November 2014 article, and the report exploring the errors behind it.

Imagine: salads without Kalamata olives and bread without Greek olive oil. NPR's Wade Goodwyn talks with Costas Mastoras, owner of a Greek import store in New York, about how turmoil in Greece is affecting his business.

More than 200 civilian review boards investigate police misconduct in cities across the United States. Reformers say they're essential. But officers tend to be wary of them.

Many things raise the risk for cancer, including exposure to various toxins and radiation. But our knowledge about the range of chemicals and compounds that can trigger cancer is limited.

The new mobile app for live video streaming piggybacks off Twitter and is easy to use. Meerkat comes at a time when video is increasingly popular. But can the hype last?