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Politics & Policy

History of U.S. responses to chemical weapons attacks in Syria

Here's some of the background.

9 years ago

President Donald Trump speaks in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House on Friday, April 13, 2018, in Washington, about the United States' military response to Syria's chemical weapon attack on April 7. (Susan Walsh/AP Photo)
NPR
Politics & Policy

U.S., allies hit 3 Syrian sites linked to chemical weapons program

Initial reports indicate the U.S. launched cruise missiles from ships in the Mediterranean Sea.

9 years ago

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, left, with Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford, testify on the FY2019 budget during a hearing of the House Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill, Thursday, April 12, 2018 in Washington. (Alex Brandon/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Trump talks with allies, Britain and France, as he weighs Syria strike decision

The U.S., France and Britain have been in extensive consultations about launching a military strike as early as the end of this week

9 years ago

A cloud of smoke rises following a U.S.-led air strike attack near Baghdad on arch 20, 2003.
Speak Easy
Politics & Policy

With murmurs of war growing, 2018 could be a national security election

The Iraq War’s disastrous aftermath offered my younger self a harsh lesson: Our great and generous nation can be ruled — and also diminished — by mediocre men.

9 years ago

Poland's President Andrzej Duda, (center right), and Israel's President Reuven Rivlin, (center left), walk in the March of the Living, a yearly Holocaust remembrance march between the former Nazi German death camps of Auschwitz and Birkenau, in Oswiecim, Poland, on Thursday, April 12, 2018. (Czarek Sokolowski/AP Photo)
Community

Israeli, Polish presidents join Holocaust remembrance march

The presidents of Israel and Poland joined thousands of others Thursday for a Holocaust remembrance event at the former Nazi death camps of Auschwitz and Birkenau.

9 years ago

Pope Francis (Andrew Medichini/AP)
NPR
Community

Pope apologizes for ‘serious mistakes’ in handling of Chile’s sex abuse scandal

Francis blamed a lack of "truthful and balanced information."

9 years ago

Smoke billows in Douma, Syria, on Saturday. The White House says President Trump is weighing military action following an alleged chemical attack in the town. (AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Critics want legal rationale for strikes on Syria. The White House says it’s secret

The White House has a seven-page memo that may make the case.

9 years ago

President Trump had a strong message for Russia in their disagreement over Syria, saying in a tweet,
NPR
Politics & Policy

Trump tells Russia: ‘Get ready’ for U.S. missiles striking Syria

Trump's warning of an international military strike contradicts his earlier criticism of President Barack Obama.

9 years ago

President Trump speaks to the media during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Monday. The White House announced Tuesday that Trump would not be taking a planned trip to Latin America this week.
(The Washington Post/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Amid crisis abroad and tension at home, Trump cancels trip to Latin America

Vice President Pence will make the trip instead.

9 years ago

Malaysian rendang is not simply a popular dish — it is a national treasure. It's a
NPR
Community

Why ‘MasterChef UK’ is uniting Malaysians in outrage

It's not often that chicken skin ignites an international controversy.

9 years ago

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers his opening speech at the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference in Boao in south China's Hainan province, on Tuesday.
NPR
Politics & Policy

Xi says China to lower trade barriers as Beijing files WTO complaint against U.S.

China's President Xi Jinping says his country will "significantly lower" import tariffs on automobiles as part of a broader move to open up its economy amid a major trade disp

9 years ago

Visitors look at the ribbons carrying messages wishing the reunification and peace of the two Koreas at the Imjingak Pavilion in Paju, South Korea, Saturday, April 7, 2018. North and South Korea have held talks over establishing a telephone hotline between their leaders and other communication issues ahead of a rare summit between the rivals later this month. (Lee Jin-man/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Koreas discuss communication issues ahead of summit

The closed-door talks between were part of preparatory discussions to set up the April 27 summit.

9 years ago

NPR
Community

Abducted by Boko Haram, now posing with Lady Liberty in Times Square

NPR spoke to the girls through an interpreter.

9 years ago

(Matt Kennedy/Marvel Studios)
NPR
Community

‘Black Panther’ expected to formally break Saudis’ 35-year cinema ban

The ban is older than the kingdom's crown prince, along with two-thirds of his country.

9 years ago

Islamic cleric Fethullah Gulen is accused by Turkish officials of orchestrating a coup attempt from his home in the Poconos. Gulen denies the accusation. (Selahattin Sevi/AP, file)
Politics & Policy

Turkish spy agency has snatched 80 people from 18 countries

The suspects are linked to U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen.

9 years ago

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