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A Lot Is Riding On The U.S. Election For Israelis, Palestinians

6:31am November 03, 2020

by Daniel Estrin

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has received political help from President Trump and Israelis favor Trump's re-election. Palestinians hope for a Biden win.

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A man, wounded after gunmen stormed Kabul University, arrives in an ambulance at Isteqlal Hospital on Monday. At least 19 people died in the attack on Afghanistan's largest university.

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At Least 19 People Are Killed In Attack On Kabul University

1:57pm November 02, 2020

The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for an attack by heavily armed gunmen who stormed the campus, firing on students, some of whom jumped out of windows to flee the attackers.

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Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh with a poster of South Africa's Nelson Mandela, in a scene from the Nasrin documentary.

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'Nasrin' Documentary Spotlights Life And Work Of Jailed Iranian Human Rights Lawyer

11:57am October 30, 2020

by Deborah Amos

A new film focuses on Nasrin Sotoudeh, a leading human rights lawyer whose health is declining in prison. "She is the closest thing that Iran has to Nelson Mandela," says analyst Karim Sadjadpour.

Khaled Jamal Abdullah after running away from home to pledge allegiance to ISIS and join the militant group as a fighter. He had just turned 16.

Iraqi Family Identifies Their Son As ISIS Teen At Center Of Navy War Crimes Trial

12:25am October 30, 2020

by Jane Arraf

The name of the young ISIS fighter was not revealed in U.S. court proceedings, and the records are sealed. NPR has identified the fighter with the help of Iraqi officials and the teenager's family.

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Lebanon A Year Later: Economic Collapse, Riots, Pandemic And Beirut Explosion

3:53pm October 29, 2020

by Ruth Sherlock

After a year away, an NPR reporter returns to Lebanon to find a country racked by inflation, degraded services and the pandemic and still picking up the pieces from August's explosion in Beirut.

News Brief: Michigan's Great Divide, Economic Outlook, ISIS Fighter Identified

5:59am October 29, 2020

Michigan judge blocks ban on open carry of guns at polls on Election Day. Strong GDP numbers won't repair all economic damage. And, NPR identifies ISIS fighter at the center of Navy war crimes trial.

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Demonstrators chant slogans during an anti-France protest in Istanbul on Sunday, as tensions rise between the two countries.

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France, Turkey And The Charlie Hebdo Cartoons: What's Behind The Dispute?

1:37pm October 28, 2020

The increased friction follows the beheading of a French teacher after he showed his class caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad. The two countries have sharp foreign policy differences.

A woman walks past a wrecked van near the northwestern Syrian village of Barisha. Local residents and medical staff told NPR that noncombatant civilians who were in the van were injured and killed last year the night of the U.S. raid on the compound of IS

Pentagon Says 2 Men Killed In Baghdadi Raid Were Combatants But Offers Little Evidence

7:59pm October 27, 2020

by Daniel Estrin

After NPR reported claims of civilian deaths in the operation against the ISIS chief, Central Command says the men showed "hostile intent," but it found no weapons or signs they fired at U.S. forces.

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At Least 24 Dead In Suicide Attack In Afghan Capital

7:52am October 25, 2020

by Diaa Hadid

A suicide bombing outside an education center in Kabul, Afghanistan, has killed at least 24 people and wounded scores more.

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What Might Happen To U.S.-Turkey Relations Under A President Biden

5:33pm October 24, 2020

by Peter Kenyon

President Trump's relationship with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has had its ups and downs. NPR discusses what might happen to the U.S.-Turkey relationship if Joe Biden wins the election.

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