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Israeli airstrike on UN-run school in Gaza City

Israel awaits the U.S. election before a Gaza cease-fire, an official says

1:44pm October 28, 2024

Egypt has a new cease-fire proposal amid Israel’s bombardment and siege of northern Gaza. Israel is discussing the proposal but waiting to see who is elected U.S. president, an official told NPR.

Canada expels India's top diplomat and alleges wider diplomatic involvement in crimes

1:32am October 15, 2024

Canada expelled India’s top diplomat in the country and five others over last year's killing of a Sikh activist in British Columbia. India rejected the charges and said it would expel Canadian envoys.

Netanyahu defies calls for a cease-fire at the U.N., as Israel strikes Lebanon

4:19pm September 27, 2024

In a fiery speech at the United Nations General Assembly, the Israeli prime minister said his country would is "winning" and would attack Iran and its proxies anywhere in the Middle East.

A vendor holds a portrait of Indonesian President-elect Prabowo Subianto at a market in Jakarta, Indonesia, April 24.

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Indonesia's next president has a complicated history with the U.S.

4:07pm May 08, 2024

by Anthony Kuhn

President-elect Prabowo Subianto was once banned by the U.S. for rights violations. But the U.S. earlier gave him military training. How will both countries deal with each other once he takes office?

Colombian President Gustavo Petro (center right) attends an International Workers' Day rally in Bogotá, Colombia, on Wednesday.

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Colombia will break relations with Israel over its actions in Gaza, Petro says

5:05pm May 01, 2024

by Alex Leff

President Gustavo Petro announced his country will break diplomatic ties with Israel Thursday over its actions in Gaza. "If Palestine dies, humanity dies, and we are not going to let it die," he said.

President Joe Biden greets China's leader Xi Jinping at the Filoli Estate in Woodside, Calif., Nov, 15, 2023, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperative conference.

Biden and China's Xi make first contact since November with a 'check-in' call

1:00pm April 02, 2024

Tuesday's call between the two leaders followed through on a pledge they made in November for more frequent contact to try to help stabilize the U.S.-China relationship.

This picture taken from Israel's southern border with the Gaza Strip shows an Israeli army tank moving along the border with the Palestinian territory on March 20.

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A State Department official warns Israel of 'major' reputational damage in Gaza war

3:20pm March 22, 2024

by Daniel Estrin

Assistant Secretary of State Bill Russo told Israeli officials last week the Gaza war is damaging Israel's global reputation, potentially lasting a generation, according to a readout obtained by NPR.

North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un walks to a meeting with then-President Donald Trump in the Demilitarized Zone that straddles the Koreas on June 30, 2019.

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Why North Korea wants another chance with Donald Trump

8:27am February 28, 2024

by Thomas Schäfer

Germany's former ambassador to North Korea provides insights from his time in the country, and explains why the regime would prefer a Trump win in 2024.

Ice skaters in front of Ottawa City Hall in Ontario on Dec. 12, 2023.

Canada grapples with the effects of deteriorating relations with India and China

11:41am December 27, 2023

by Jackie Northam

As relations sour with India and China, Canada is grappling with how to stand up to powerful or authoritarian nations without sacrificing its longstanding values, such as protecting human rights.

A man watches a television screen showing a news broadcast with a picture of North Korea's latest satellite-carrying rocket launch, at a railway station in Seoul on Nov. 22.

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What North Korea's shift toward Russia means for its global strategy

5:00am December 07, 2023

by Anthony Kuhn

Since the collapse of nuclear talks between Pyongyang and Washington in 2019, analysts see a major shift in North Korea's foreign relations. It has turned increasingly to Moscow.

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