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U.S. Marine Brig. Gen. Austin Renforth (center) went with his Iraqi counterpart, Lt. Gen. Jalil Jabbar al-Rubaie (center left), for a tour of Baghdad's most crowded neighborhoods on Friday.
(Mootaz Sami/AP Images for NPR)
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Politics & Policy

A U.S. commander went for a rare stroll in Baghdad. Many Iraqis just shrugged

Sixteen years after the United States and its coalition partners invaded Iraq, most Iraqis still blame the U.S. for disbanding the Iraqi army and the civil war that followed.

7 years ago

In this Jan. 3, 2019, photo, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, as the 116th Congress begins. Senate Republicans’ first bill of the new Congress aims to insert the legislative branch into President Donald Trump’s Middle East policy — but also tries to drive a wedge between centrist and liberal Democrats over attitudes toward Israel. (Andrew Harnik/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Dems block Senate bill on Israel boycotts, citing shutdown

Israel sees a growing threat from the BDS movement, which has led to increased boycotts of the Jewish state in support of the Palestinians.

7 years ago

In this Dec. 14, 2018 photo, a mirror tied to a tree reflects a heroin user preparing his dose, in an area popular for people with a drug addiction behind an abandoned home in Humacao, Puerto Rico. Heroin users will often use the mirror to get a better view of themselves when injecting, especially when into their necks. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)
Health

Growing opioid crisis adds to Puerto Rico’s problems

The opioid crisis in Puerto Rico has not reached the epidemic levels of the U.S. mainland, but officials worry it will catch up soon.

7 years ago

More than two-dozen members of the local Sudanese community showed their support for protestors in Khartoum on Saturday with a demonstration at Philadelphia City Hall to raise awareness and encourage people to write their U.S. representatives. (Darryl C. Murphy/WHYY)
Community

Philly area Sudanese community protests in solidarity with demonstrators in Khartoum

“Our people right now are starving, are dying on the street, are dying in the hospital because there is no medicine,” said Ahmed Ali of Upper Darby.

7 years ago

President Donald Trump tells reporters on the South Lawn of the White House that the U.S. will not withdraw its troops from Syria until the Islamic State has been defeated. (Alex Brandon/AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Trump, Bolton say U.S. withdrawal from Syria is conditional on defeat of ISIS

Bolton is expected to tell Israel's prime minister that troops will remain at a base in Syria to counter Iranian activity, according to a senior U.S. administration official.

7 years ago

Displaced Syrians gather inside a tent in the al-Hol camp in northeastern Syria on Dec. 8. People fled towns where the U.S.-led coalition is fighting the last remnants of ISIS. (Delil Souleiman/AFP/Getty Images)
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Community

‘We were eating grass’: Syrians flee as fight pushes on against last ISIS remnants

The al-Hol refugee camp, in northeastern Syria near the border with Iraq, is overwhelmed with new arrivals.

7 years ago

Bartholomew I signs the Tomos of Autocephaly, marking the formal independence of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church at the Patriarchal Church of St. George, in Istanbul.
(Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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Community

Ukrainian Orthodox Church officially gains independence from Russian church

Russian and Ukrainian Orthodox Christians have belonged to a unified church for centuries. Moscow argues it has had legal authority over Ukrainian churches since 1686.

7 years ago

Moscow's Lefortovo prison, where ex-U.S. Marine Paul Whelan is in custody after being accused of espionage by the Russian government. (Sergey Ponomarev/AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

As American sits in Moscow jail, Russia says U.S. has detained one of its citizens

Russia announced on Saturday that the U.S. is holding a Russian national, but a top Russian official quickly dismissed any talk of a detainee exchange.

7 years ago

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Arts & Entertainment

How a Mongolian heavy metal band got millions of YouTube views

The Hu — from the Mongolian root word for human being: "Hu." The band spent seven years putting together their first album, which they expect to release this spring.

7 years ago

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro, (right), talks with his Chief of Staff Onyx Lorenzoni during a cabinet presentation ceremony at the presidential palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019. (Eraldo Peres/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Brazil’s Bolsonaro sees threat in Russia, considers hosting U.S. base

Brazil is open to hosting a U.S. military base to counter Russian influence in the region, the South American country's new far-right president said.

7 years ago

Millions of women joined hands along a highway in Kerala to form a
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Community

Millions of women in India join hands to form a 385-mile wall of protest

Even as women of all ages lined up on one side of the highway, many of their menfolk — husbands, friends and relatives — lined up on the other side to show their support.

7 years ago

Hacked information that was leaked via Twitter included private data from German Chancellor Angela Merkel — seen here speaking in Germany's Bundestag last month. (Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Hackers attack hundreds of high-profile German politicians, post private data online

Hackers have published cellphone numbers, credit card data and private communications belonging to members of nearly every German political party, in a sweeping breach last mo

7 years ago

The denuded slopes of Massif de la Selle mountain range in Haiti above Jacmel, are seen Thursday June 5, 2003. Once covered with pine, cedar and juniper trees, the slopes are on their way to complete deforestation as farmers cut down trees and plant vegetables in the fragile topsoil. (Daniel Morel/AP Photo)
Science
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Temple scientist documents deforestation, mass extinction in Haiti

A Caribbean island once full of lush trees and teeming with wildlife is nearly completely deforested and undergoing a mass extinction event.

7 years ago

This photo, provided by China National Space Administration via Xinhua News Agency, is the first image of the moon's far side ever taken from the surface. A Chinese spacecraft on Thursday made the first-ever landing on the far side of the moon, state media said. (Imaginechina via AP)
NPR
Science

China becomes first country to land on far side of moon, state media announces

The six-wheeled rover landed in the southern section of the Von Kármán crater, near the moon's south pole, Chinese media reported.

7 years ago

In this Friday, Dec. 21, 2018 file photo, President Donald Trump makes a statement on the possible government shutdown before signing criminal just reform legislation in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington. Nancy Pelosi and Trump both think they have public sentiment on their side in the battle over a border wall. That theory will be put the test this week when the new House Democratic majority led by Pelosi gavels into session with legislation to end the government shutdown. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
Politics & Policy

Timetable of Trump’s pullout from Syria being questioned

President Donald Trump abruptly announced in mid-December that he was withdrawing 2,000 U.S. troops from Syria.

7 years ago

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