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Emine, her husband and child search through materials recovered from destroyed buildings in Adiyaman.

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More than 6 months after Turkey's quake, people who lost homes still await new ones

5:01am August 30, 2023

The Feb. 6 earthquake and its aftershocks left nearly 3 million displaced and in need of shelter. In the hard-hit city of Adiyaman, families wait for promises of new homes to be fulfilled.

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Bulk carrier ARGO I is docked at the grain terminal of the port of Odesa on April 10.

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A deal that lets Ukraine export grain during its war with Russia is about to expire

12:31pm July 16, 2023

by Joe Hernandez

Russian President Vladimir Putin says a part of the agreement that would have eased similar exports from his country has not been satisfied.

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, right, shakes hands with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday after a joint press conference at the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania.

Key takeaways from this week's NATO summit, according to the group's leader

12:18pm July 13, 2023

by Rachel Treisman

NATO's expansion is the exact opposite of what Russia wanted, says Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg. He spoke to NPR about its NATO's newest members, and when Ukraine might join them.

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Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan (left) and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson shake hands in front of NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg prior to their meeting, on the eve of a NATO summit, in Vilnius, Lithuania, on Monday.

Turkey's leader will work to approve Sweden's NATO bid ASAP, the alliance's head says

5:51pm July 10, 2023

by Alex Leff

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says Turkey's leader has agreed to have Turkish parliament vote on Sweden's bid to join the defense alliance.

This will be President Biden's first meeting with King Charles since his coronation. The two men have met before, including at the UN climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, on Nov. 2, 2021.

Biden is meeting King Charles before heading to a NATO leaders summit in Lithuania

10:35am July 09, 2023

by Asma Khalid

President Biden is in Europe this week. He'll first talk climate change with King Charles. Then he's meeting NATO leaders in Vilnius, Lithuania to talk about the war in Ukraine.

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A Ukrainian serviceman of the 3rd Assault Brigade prepares to fire a mortar toward Russian positions near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Sunday.

Week in Russia-Ukraine: Wagner mutiny rattles Moscow, as counteroffensive creeps along

1:37pm July 03, 2023

by Alex Leff

Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is seen on television in St. Petersburg, Russia, addressing his nation in connection with the Wagner Group rebellion led by Yevgeny Prigozhin.

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Anti-war Russians watched the Wagner mutiny from Turkey, and worry about what's next

1:17pm June 26, 2023

by Fatma Tanis

Russians who fled to Turkey after their country invaded Ukraine worry that Russian President Vladimir Putin may increase repressive measures that will affect their loved ones back home.

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An official prepares a ballot with the names and images of the two presidential candidates, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, and Kemal Kilicdaroglu, at a polling station, in Ankara, Turkey, on Sunday.

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Polls have closed in Turkey's presidential runoff election

12:14pm May 28, 2023

by The Associated Press

Voters in Turkey returned to the polls Sunday to decide whether the country's longtime leader stretches his increasingly authoritarian rule into a third decade or is unseated by a challenger.

Left to right: Turkish presidential candidates President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Kemal Kilicdaroglu.

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Turkey's runoff election will decide if Erdogan extends his 20-year rule

8:07am May 27, 2023

by Peter Kenyon

After an inconclusive round one, Sunday's vote should decide whether citizens still want President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in charge for another five-year term, and he could have an edge to win.

Workers load grain at a port in Izmail, Ukraine, on April 26. A United Nations-backed deal has been extended allowing shipments of Ukrainian grain through the Black Sea to parts of the world struggling with hunger.

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The Ukraine grain deal is extended 2 months, helping ease the global food crisis

4:04pm May 17, 2023

An agreement allowing Ukrainian grain to ship through the Black Sea has been extended for two months just a day before its expiration — overcoming Russia's threats to pull out of the deal.