NPR's Michel Martin talks to Russian historian Sergey Radchenko about what happens to Russia's sphere of influence in the Middle East with Assad gone.

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Ukrainians will be experiencing yet another Christmas dealing with Russia's all-out assault. And this time of year is especially difficult for children. YURIY BOYECHKO ...

Good morning, professor. SERGEY RADCHENKO: Morning. MARTIN: So I'm going to ask you to remind us how or maybe why Syria and Russia became close allies to begin with. RADCHENKO: So that's a long story.

1997 — Barry Sanders of the Detroit Lions becomes the third player to rush for 2,000 yards in a season when he gains 184 in a 13-10 win over the New York Jets. Sanders finishes with 2,053 yards, second to Eric Dickerson’s 2,105 in 1984.

Greenfield, the outgoing U.S. ambassador to the U.N., about her career in foreign service and American diplomacy.

“I have done everything so that Russia can be an independent sovereign state,” a ... EN ATTENDANT BELGIUM: Former European Council President Charles Michel didn’t show up to a photo to mark the 50th anniversary of the Council on Thursday.

NPR's Michel Martin talks to retired Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, who served on the National Security Council, about the bomb attack on a Moscow street, outside a ...

The result is an eye-popping deep dive into a particularly slimy corner of the D.C. swamp that often escapes scrutiny. Americans may have an inkling about all the lobbying that transpires in Washington on behalf of corporations and the wealthy.

The apparent assassination of Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov came a day after Ukraine's security service charged him with using banned chemical weapons.