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New U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem ignites old conflict

Guests: Stephen Farrell, Michael Koplow, Elizabeth Dias Violence erupted in Gaza this week; nearly 60 Palestinian ...

Air Date: May 17, 2018 10:00 am

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Hua Qu, the wife of Chinese-American Xiyue Wang, poses with a portrait of her family in Princeton, N.J., on May 9. Families of Americans detained in Iran are hoping President Trump's decision to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal will not make it harder to get their love ones freed. (Matt Rourke/AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

For relatives of U.S. prisoners in Iran, uncertainty grows after Iran deal pullout

Former diplomats warn that the Trump administration's decision to pull out of the Iran nuclear deal will complicate efforts to free American citizens detained in Iran.

8 years ago

President Donald Trump listens during a roundtable on immigration policy in California, in the Cabinet Room of the White House, on Wednesday. (Evan Vucci/AP(
NPR
Politics & Policy

During roundtable, Trump calls some unauthorized immigrants ‘animals’

"We're taking people out of the country, you wouldn't believe how bad these people are. These aren't people. These are animals," the president said.

8 years ago

In this Nov. 9, 2017, file photo, U.S. President Donald Trump, right, chats with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. (Andy Wong/AP Photo, File)
National Interest
Politics & Policy

The profiteer-in-chief goes belly up for China’s big bucks

The U.S. Constitution has been reduced to a scrap of parchment, rendered irrelevant by the profiteer-in-chief. Check out TrumpR ...

8 years ago

In this April 27, 2018 file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, (left), and South Korean President Moon Jae-in shake hands after signing on a joint statement at the border village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone, South Korea. The two Koreas will hold a high-level meeting on Wednesday, May 16, 2018, to discuss setting up military and Red Cross talks aimed at reducing border tension and restarting reunions between families separated by the Korean War. (Korea Summit Press Pool via AP, File)
Politics & Policy

South Korea news agency: North Korea threatens to cancel U.S. summit

North Korea canceled a high-level meeting Wednesday with South Korea and threatened also to call off a historic summit planned next month with the United States.

8 years ago

Palestinian demonstrators run or take cover from tear gas fired by Israeli forces at the Israel-Gaza border. (Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters)
NPR
Politics & Policy

With 60 killed in Gaza, U.N. Rights Commissioner criticizes Israel

On Monday, the White House blamed the death toll on the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas.

8 years ago

George Soros, founder and chairman of the Open Society Foundations, before the start of a meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels in 2017. (Olivier Hoslet/AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

George Soros group leaves Hungary, citing ‘hate campaign’

Billionaire George Soros' pro-democracy Open Society Foundations will pull out of Hungary following growing pressure from the right-wing government there.

8 years ago

Scholars from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Indonesia attended a conference on Friday to discuss stability in Afghanistan. Indonesian President Joko Widodo (center) shakes hands with Qibla Ayaz, chairman of Pakistan's Council of Islamic Ideology. (Dita Alangkara/AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

70 Muslim clerics issue fatwa against violence and terrorism

It is not uncommon for Islamic clerics to issue such fatwas. In January, more than 1,800 clerics in Pakistan declared a directive that forbade suicide bombings.

8 years ago

This satellite image portraying the Punggye-ri nuclear test site in North Korea was released and notated by Airbus Defense & Space and 38 North in March. North Korea says it will dismantle its nuclear test site between May 23 and 25. (AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

North Korea announces plans to dismantle nuclear test site

The dismantling ceremony is planned for just under three weeks before June 12, the date President Trump is scheduled to meet with Kim Jong Un in Singapore.

8 years ago

Owner JP Teti stands behind the basement bar at Passyunk Avenue, a Philly-themed dive bar in London
PlanPhilly
Community

A new Philly-themed bar is drawing crowds in London

The bar is the brainchild of JP Teti, a Trenton native with deep roots in Philly, where his grandparents grew up and relatives still live.

8 years ago

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President Trump applauds as Kim Dong Chul (2nd R) gestures upon his return with Kim Hak Song (C) and Tony Kim (behind) after they were freed by North Korea, at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland.
NPR
Politics & Policy

3 Americans held in North Korea return to U.S.

Three American men who had been held by North Korea touched U.S. soil once again early Thursday, where they were met by President Trump

8 years ago

This 2009 handout photo released by a friend of Xiyue Wang shows Xiyue Wang at his apartment in Hong Kong, China. Princeton University professor Stephen Kotkin, who advised Wang, a Chinese-American researcher sentenced to prison in Iran, defended his former student as innocent of all charges against him. Kotkin told The Associated Press by email that Xiyue Wang is a
Politics & Policy

Families wonder how Iran decision will impact U.S. detainees

Princeton grad student Xiyue Wang and at least five dual-citizens Americans or green-card holders have been imprisoned in Iran on espionage-related charges.

8 years ago


People watch a TV news report in Seoul, South Korea, on May 3, as the screen shows portraits of three Americans detained in North Korea: Kim Dong Chul (left) Tony Kim and Kim Hak Song (right). Three American prisoners in North Korea were released into U.S. custody on Wednesday, according to President Trump. (Ahn Young-joon/Associated Press)
NPR
Politics & Policy

North Korea releases 3 Americans as Pompeo’s visit concludes

Trump confirmed their release in a tweet on Wednesday morning, saying the group was airborne.

8 years ago

Iranian women walk past a portrait of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini and paintings of Persian poetry in Tehran, Iran, Monday, May 7, 2018. (Vahid Salemi/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Trump decides to exit nuclear accord with Iran

Trump's decision means Iran's government must now decide whether to follow the U.S. and withdraw or try to salvage what's left of the deal.

8 years ago

An Israeli intelligence firm was reportedly hired last year to compile background dossiers on several former Obama administration officials, including Colin Kahl, seen here in 2012.
NPR
Politics & Policy

Reports: Intel firm was hired to discredit former Obama Iran deal negotiators

An Israeli intelligence firm was hired last year to do "dirty ops" research on former Obama administration officials who worked on the Iran nuclear deal.

8 years ago

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