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International

An Israeli border police officer stand guards the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel, Friday, Jan. 20, 2017. (
PBS
Politics & Policy

Despite warnings, Trump forges ahead on plans to move U.S. embassy to Jerusalem

8 years ago

The International Olympic Committee is expected to punish Russia on Tuesday for a state-run doping program. The decision comes months before the next Winter Olympics, which begin in PyeongChang, South Korea, in February.
NPR
Courts & Law

Russia is banned from 2018 Olympics; athletes told to compete under Olympic flag

The International Olympic Committee has suspended the Russian Olympic Committee "with immediate effect," effectively banning the country from the upcoming Winter Olympics.

8 years ago

Bangladeshi descent American Hoshneara Begum, center, leads chant of slogans against what they call a
Courts & Law

Supreme Court allows full enforcement of Trump travel ban

The justices say in an order Monday that the policy can take full effect even as legal challenges against it make their way through the courts.

8 years ago

Pope Francis meets with a Rohingya refugee at the archbishop's residence in Dhaka. Pope Francis arrived in Bangladesh from Myanmar, the second stage of a visit that has been dominated by the plight of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees. (Vincenzo Pinto/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Community

Pope Francis: ‘The presence of God is also called Rohingya’

Pope Francis met with a group of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh on Friday, offering them blessings and hearing their stories.

8 years ago

In this Aug. 22, 2017 file photo, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson speaks at the State Department in Washington. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Photo, File)
Politics & Policy

White House talking about replacing Tillerson with Pompeo

The move would put Pompeo, a former congressman who has grown close to Trump during his tenure atop the CIA, in charge of U.S. diplomacy.

8 years ago

PBS
Politics & Policy

North Korea just fired its first missile in more than 2 months. Here’s what we know

8 years ago

Crime scene at the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs, Texas
Speak Easy
Lifestyle

Impossible gun violence is an accomplished fact in the United States

The question of possibility and impossibility no longer applies. Now we ask ourselves: "How many dead?" "ISIS or white supremacist?" "Did it happen close to me?"

8 years ago

Sulieman Awad receives medical treatment at the Suez Canal University hospital in Ismailia, Egypt, a day after he was injured during an attack on a mosque. Militants attacked a crowded mosque during Friday prayers in the Sinai Peninsula, setting off explosives, spraying worshippers with gunfire and killing more than 300 people. (Amr Nabil/AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Egyptian military launches airstrikes in retaliation for gruesome mosque attack

The Egyptian military launched airstrikes on militant hideouts overnight Friday.

8 years ago



Zimbabwe's new interim President Emmerson Mnangagwa gives an address after his swearing-in ceremony in Harare on Friday, marking the final chapter of a political drama that toppled his predecessor Robert Mugabe after a military takeover. (Tony Karumba/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Zimbabwe swears in a new president, in the first transfer of power since independence

At a packed stadium in the capital city Harare, Emmerson Mnangagwa promised not to "squander this moment" to change the culture of politics in his country.

8 years ago


Emmerson Mnangagwa, center, greets supporters gathered outside the ZANU-PF party headquarters in downtown Harare, Zimbabwe on Wednesday. (Ben Curtis/AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Who is Zimbabwe’s new leader, Emmerson Mnangagwa?

"The Crocodile," "The Enforcer," "The Bodyguard," "The Spymaster." Those are just some of the names Zimbabwe's new leader goes by. One could also add "The Survivor."

8 years ago



Egyptians gather outside a mosque in the Sinai Peninsula where assailants carried out a bombing and shooting attack during Friday prayers that killed at least 235 people, according to the state news agency. (Stringer/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Mosque attack in Egypt’s Sinai kills at least 235

A terrorist attack that targeted a mosque in Egypt's Sinai has left at least 235 people dead and as many as 109 wounded Friday, that country's state news agency reported.

8 years ago


A Rohingya refugee boy looks on at Balukhali refugee camp in the Bangladeshi district of Ukhia on Wednesday. An estimated 618,000 Muslim Rohingya have fled mainly Buddhist Myanmar since a military crackdown was launched in Rakhine in August. Refugees describe a campaign of rape, murder and arson. (Munir Uz Zaman/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

U.S. denounces violence against Rohingya as ‘ethnic cleansing’

The wave of government-backed violence against the Rohingya minority in Myanmar amounts to "ethnic cleansing," the U.S. State Department says, in a statement.

8 years ago

Marie Belfort (center) and other Haitian Philadelphians gather outside City Hall to celebrate Haitian Flag Day
NewsWorks Tonight
Courts & Law

With protected status ending in 2019, Haitians in the Philadelphia region weigh tough options

On Monday, the Trump Administration announced it will end a program that protects an estimated 4,800 Haitians in New Jersey and Pennsylva ...

8 years ago

Listen 3:02
(WHYY, file)
Politics & Policy

Trump delays new policy on importing elephant trophies

Trump tweeted Friday that the policy had been "under study for years." He said he would put the decision "on hold" and review it with Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke.

8 years ago

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un receives a military briefing
Speak Easy
Politics & Policy

We should dismantle our nuclear stash, not expand it

Across the U.S., ICBM silos are just sitting there. They would be the first targets if Russia launched an attack to try to limit our retaliatory capabilities.

8 years ago

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