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Here's how much the Iran war cost -- and how its effects will linger

Scott Horsley, Ruth Sherlock, Tom Bowman, Danielle Kurtzleben

More than three months after the U.S. and Israel launched their war on Iran, the costs and aftereffects are felt around the world.
Former Iranian diplomat reacts to preliminary U.S.-Iran agreement

Linah Mohammad, Scott Detrow, Patrick Jarenwattananon

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Seyed Hossein Mousavian, a former Iranian diplomat and nuclear negotiator who spent decades representing Iran, about President Trump's deal to end the war with Iran.

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Tropical Storm Arthur is the first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season

Bill Chappell

Forecasters say Arthur could generate life-threatening flash floods along the northern Gulf Coast. But it is not expected to strengthen further.
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Greetings from Maputo, Mozambique's capital, shaped by a modernist architecture

Matt Ozug

An impromptu tour of Mozambique's capital city reveals a unique imprint left by architect Amâncio "Pancho" Guedes.
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Pakistan ends 'luxury tax' on menstrual products, contraceptives. Will prices drop?

Gabrielle Emanuel

In Pakistan, taxes on menstrual products can add up. Activists have long worked to change this. Now a new budget wipes out the 18% sales tax. But questions remain about the impact on prices.
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Taiwan says Chinese pressure over the island is the 'new normal'

The Associated Press

Taiwan's Foreign Ministry on Tuesday said the scholars' passports and mobile phones were confiscated, and they were detained in Mombasa for more than 20 hours before being allowed to leave the country.

Clayton will appear before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Wednesday for a confirmation hearing to be Director of National Intelligence. Above, Clayton testifies before the Senate Banking Committee during his confirmation hearing to be chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 23, 2017.

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Senate postpones confirmation hearing for intel chief after Trump's call to delay

Eric McDaniel

Senators wanted to fast-track President Trump's pick for Director of National Intelligence. But Trump now says he wants to delay until they pass voting legislation that already failed in the Senate.

For any problem in an incarcerated person's life — from not getting enough toilet paper to extreme physical abuse — the grievance system is the primary way to speak out. But in the vast majority of cases, those efforts go nowhere, according to an analysis of federal data by The Marshall Project and NPR.

Michelle Mildenberg Lara for The Marshall Project

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'Rejected': How federal prisons stonewall grievances and deny care for years

Joseph Shapiro, Christie Thompson

In this picture obtained from Iran's ISNA news agency, residents fish from the shore as cargo and commercial vessels lie at anchor in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas on June 8.

Amirhossein Khorgooei

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With Iran deal, Trump told ships to 'start your engines.' That's not happening yet

Tom Bowman

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On a flight home, a stranger helped her understand what came next

Laura Kwerel

Rebecca Simonitsch had just learned she might be a candidate for brain surgery. The man seated beside her on the flight home pulled out a notebook to explain what lay ahead.
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FAQ: How World Cup fans and workers can stay safe in the heat

Rebecca Hersher

More than 1 in 3 World Cup matches face dangerously hot, humid weather. Here's how to protect yourself from heat illness.
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Soccer's premier goal scorers, led by Lionel Messi, show up to the World Cup with a bang

Russell Lewis

The World Cup might be less than a week old, but the goal scoring at this year's tourney has been sublime. Argentina's Lionel Messi netted three goals the same day France's Kylian Mbappé scored two.
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'Coreano Hermano': Ahead of Mexico vs. South Korea, it's all love between the fans

Juliana Kim

It's an unusual sight before a World Cup match: Supporters of opposing teams partying together, calling each other "brother," some even hoping for a draw. But fans say they're far from rivals.
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El Niño is here, so what does it mean?

Bill Chappell

An El Niño has formed amid the warmer-than-normal waters in the tropical Pacific. Now it's a question of how intense the phenomenon will be and where effects like heat and drought will strike.