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The epicenter of the magnitude-7.5 quake was in a region straddling Pakistan and Afghanistan and was felt strongly in the Afghan capital, Kabul.

A 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck the Afghan-Pakistan region on Monday. NPR has the latest.

Ken Taylor — Canada's ambassador to Iran in 1979 — sheltered a group of Americans in his home in Tehran for three months before helping them escape to safety. He died on Thursday at the age of 81.

Times change and so do manners. We reassess good behavior in 2015.

This weekend, the Kennedy Center will award the 18th annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor to actor and comedian Eddie Murphy. NPR's Michel Martin takes a look back at Murphy's long career.

Angelina Jolie Pitt writes and directs herself and her real-life husband, Brad Pitt, as moody artists who drive to the coast to salvage their marriage in a vapid homage to 1970s European art films.

Director Ale Abreu follows a boy on a search for his father in a beautiful Brazilian animated film.

The results of the country's first free election in 25 years were declared official Friday. The party, led by the Nobel Peace Prize winner, now has a clear path to select the next president.

Long Lost Suitcase is not just Jones' story, but also the story of America's musical roots spreading to reach the whole planet, generation by generation.

Trash talk has never been so literate. For the World Series, the Kansas City and Queens Public Libraries are in the middle of a Twitter showdown.