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A study of thousands of people, most in committed relationships, finds that having sex about once a week correlates best with happiness and well-being. More didn't turn out to be better.

Malaysia's leader is at the center of a swirling scandal involving millions — if not billions — in missing money. It's complicating a crucial U.S. relationship in Southeast Asia.

The Global Terrorism Index for 2014 found that Boko Haram and ISIS were jointly responsible for 51 percent of deaths from terrorism.

Over the last year, the bassist and NPR's Audie Cornish have discussed and dissected everything about jazz. Their latest chat, held for a live audience, focuses on how his own career started.

A new report backed by the State Department found a 10 percent jump in students coming to the U.S. for higher education.

"With the arrival of the Charles de Gaulle warship to the Syrian shore we will organize joint military operations," a senior Russian officer says.

The mosquito-borne virus is not fatal. But there's concern about a link to a severe birth defect in babies born to infected mothers.

Millions of Syrians are crowding into Jordan and Lebanon as well as Turkey. Aid efforts there are already at the breaking point.

NPR's Robert Siegel talks to Oren Gross, a professor at the University of Minnesota Law School, about the history of the French state of emergency law, which gives authorities broad powers.

The Louisiana governor, who has suspended his presidential campaign, was the first Indian-American to run for the nation's highest office. But his bid didn't feel historic to many Indian-Americans.