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The television network Al Jazeera presents news to 22 Arab countries. As Steve Inskeep reports for All Things Considered, the network is now planning a dramatic increase in its coverage of the United States.

Yevgeny Prigozhin posted a message on social media claiming Wagner troops have agreed to stand down and return to bases. The Kremlin said the criminal case against Prigozhin will be dropped.

One of the surprise critical hits of the summer is a new Paul Anka album. The teen-idol turned Vegas lounge singer puts a crooner's spin on rock classics, covering Nirvana and Van Halen, among others.

One hundred years ago today, lyricist Dorothy Fields was born. She wrote dozens of hit songs for Broadway shows and Hollywood musicals, including Sweet Charity, which is currently being revived on Broadway. Jeff Lunden has this appreciation.

Hear music and see pictures from fantastic performances that electrified the 2014 edition of WOMEX, the foremost marketplace for world music.

There is so, so much good music being made all around the world — stunningly beautiful, deeply thought-provoking and powered by great beats. Here are 10 of our top picks for 2014.

A chance meeting in a German airport resulted in a CD collaboration between Israeli pop star Idan Raichel and Vieux Farka Toure, the guitarist from Mali. The result, The Tel Aviv Session, is magic.

The Nashville songwriter's smoke-stained voice conveys calm insight, his words capturing the creative process with no excess romanticism.

There were no big treats from the Halloween night Powerball drawing, meaning the next drawing Wednesday night will be for a massive $1.2 billion jackpot.

NPR Music's hip-hop and R&B editor shares his favorite albums and songs of 2022.