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International

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., arrives to meet with other House Democrats on the morning following Iranian attacks on bases in Iraq housing U.S. troops, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Watch live: House to vote on restraining Trump’s actions against Iran

The Democratic war powers resolution seems certain to pass over solid Republican opposition.

6 years ago

Kazem Nabavi visits the chickens he keeps behind his tire shop in Port Richmond. His animals, including a pony, two peacocks, and ducks, remind him of his childhood in Iran. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

Iranians in Philly area still processing ‘a big shock’ as tensions ebb

Members of the Philly region's Iranian population continue to process the killing of a military leader many of them admired, even if they oppose the Iranian government.

6 years ago

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Volunteers move food for many refugees from Guanica that choose to remain outdoors for fear of possible aftershocks on their first night after a  6.4-magnitude earthquake struck Puerto Rico, killing one man, injuring at least eight other people and collapsing buildings, in Guanica, Puerto Rico, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020. (Carlos Giusti/AP Photo)
Community

Puerto Ricans left homeless after biggest quake in century

Cars, cots and plastic chairs have became temporary beds for hundreds of families who lost their homes in the strongest quake to hit Puerto Rico in more than 100 years.

6 years ago

President Trump speaks during a meeting with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in the Oval Office on Tuesday in Washington. (Alex Brandon/AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Much of the world doesn’t trust President Trump, Pew survey finds

A clear majority of people living outside the U.S. do not trust President Trump to do the right thing in world affairs, with fewer than one-third expressing confidence in him

6 years ago

Vice President Mike Pence listens as President Donald Trump delivers a statement on the ballistic missile strike that Iran launched against Iraqi air bases housing U.S. troops, at the White House, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)
Politics & Policy

Trump says Iran appears to be ‘standing down’ after strike

Speaking from the White House, Trump seemed intent on deescalating the crisis, indicating that he would not retaliate militarily for the strikes

6 years ago

Mourners attend a funeral ceremony for Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani and his comrades, who were killed in Iraq in a U.S. drone strike on Friday, in the city of Kerman, Iran, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020. The leader of Iran's Revolutionary Guard threatened on Tuesday to
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

The U.S. and Iran: 1953 to today

The U.S. and Iran have had fraught relations since the 1950s. Today we'll talk about the decades of conflict, including the recent killing of Qassem Soleimani.

Air Date: January 8, 2020 10:00 am

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President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020, in Washington. (Alex Brandon/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Trump insists ‘All is well!’ after Iran missile attack

The president is promising to make a statement to the nation Wednesday morning about the increasingly precarious situation with Iran.

6 years ago

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks about Iran, Tuesday Jan. 7, 2020, at the State Department in Washington. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Iran strikes back at U.S. with missile attack at bases in Iraq

Iran struck back at the United States for the killing of a top Iranian general, firing a series of surface-to-surface missiles at two Iraqi bases housing U.S. troops.

6 years ago

Firefighters battle a blaze engulfing trees in the town of Nowra in the Australian state of New South Wales on Dec. 31, 2019. Fire conditions worsened into the New Year, with thousands forced to evacuate. (Saeed Khan/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Community

Australia deploys military reservists to combat wildfire, as thousands evacuate

The outbreak of wildfires in Australia has reached a tipping point. Thousands of residents were evacuated this week, as bush fires reached the suburban fringes of Sydney.

6 years ago

A vehicle burns at Baghdad International Airport following an airstrike in Baghdad on Friday. The Pentagon said the U.S. operation killed Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran's elite Quds Force.
(Iraqi Prime Minister Press Office via AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

U.S. kills top Iranian military leader in airstrike

U.S. forces assassinated Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani in an airstrike early Friday near the Baghdad International Airport.

6 years ago

Patients line up for remote health consultation sessions on a remote island near Rangpur, Bangladesh. (Allison Joyce for NPR)
NPR
Community

The global stories of 2019 that you probably missed

Sure, everybody thinks it's great when a story is read by many hundreds of thousands of folks. That's definitely a success.

6 years ago

Notre Dame cathedral is pictured in Paris, Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2019. (Thibault Camus/AP Photo)
Community

Notre Dame rector: Fragile cathedral might not be saved

The rector says experts must first remove scaffolding that was on the cathedral before the fire, because the scaffolding is threatening the vaults.

7 years ago

The Choir of King's College Cambridge conduct a rehearsal of their Christmas Eve service of A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols in King's College Chapel on Dec. 11, 2010 in Cambridge, England. (Oli Scarff/Getty Images)
NPR
Community

Commemorating a King’s College Christmas tradition

Every Christmas Eve at exactly 3 p.m., the Chapel of King's College in Cambridge, England plays A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols.

7 years ago

Spark Therapeutics co-founders Dr. Katherine High and Jeffrey D. Marrazzo. (PSC Photo Studio)
Health
Philadelphia Business Journal

Roche completes $4.3B purchase of Philadelphia gene therapy pioneer Spark Therapeutics

The Federal Trade Commission and European regulators cleared Roche's proposed $4.3 billion purchase of Spark Therapeutics.

7 years ago

This photo provided by U.S. Embassy Switzerland,  Edward McMullen greets Xiyue Wang in Zurich, Switzerland on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019.  In a trade conducted in Zurich, Iranian officials handed over Chinese-American graduate student Xiyue Wang, detained in Tehran since 2016, for scientist Massoud Soleimani, who had faced a federal trial in Georgia.  (U.S. Embassy Switzerland via AP)
Community

Researcher freed from Iran urges release of other prisoners

A Princeton University scholar who was freed from Iran this month after three years in captivity said Monday that his release “is a victory of humanity and diplomacy."

7 years ago

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