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Supporters hold a photo of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe during a vigil in London in 2017. Iran released Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who was imprisoned in 2016, and Anousheh Ashouri, a businessman, on Wednesday.

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Iran releases 2 British Iranian citizens from prison

3:08pm March 16, 2022

by Deepa Shivaram

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a charity worker, and Anousheh Ashouri, a businessman, have now left the country. A third prisoner was released on furlough. Other foreigners remain imprisoned in Iran.

Novak Djokovic of Serbia plays against Russian Karen Khachanov, during the ATP Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championship on Feb. 23. Thanks to loosening COVID-19 restrictions in France, Djokovic is set to compete in May at the French Open.

Novak Djokovic and Russian athletes are likely to compete at the French Open

2:50pm March 16, 2022

by Jaclyn Diaz

Organizers at Roland-Garros said Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic should be allowed to compete at the French Open thanks to loosened COVID rules in France.

President Joe Biden signs a delegation of authority on Wednesday. From left, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Biden, Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley.

Biden pledges $800 million to Ukraine after Zelenskyy's plea for more U.S. aid

2:50pm March 16, 2022

by Elena Moore

Ukrainian President Zelenskyy delivered an impassioned plea for additional help and for President Biden to spearhead the world's defense of Ukraine. Later, Biden pledged to send more security support.

People wait in line for taxis in Sendai, Miyagi prefecture, northern Japan, early Thursday following a powerful earthquake that struck off the coast of Fukushima.

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A 7.3 magnitude earthquake hits northern Japan

1:26pm March 16, 2022

by The Associated Press

The powerful quake struck off the coast of Fukushima on Wednesday evening, triggering a tsunami advisory and cutting power to more than 2 million Tokyo homes. No casualties have been reported so far.

People watch a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a railway station in Seoul on Wednesday, after North Korea fired an "unidentified projectile."

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North Korean missile test ends in failure, as South and U.S. watch for ICBM test

11:47am March 16, 2022

by Anthony Kuhn

North Korea is reportedly working up to testing of a longer-range intercontinental ballistic missile that could reach the whole of the continental U.S.

Zelenskyy references Pearl Harbor and 9/11 attacks in address to Congress

10:08am March 16, 2022

by Susan Davis

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed a joint session of Congress on Wednesday.

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Sofia Dyak, director of Lviv's Center for Urban History, says the city has responded brilliantly, so far, to the influx of fellow Ukrainians displaced by war.

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Lviv takes in displaced Ukrainians but space and resources are strained

9:58am March 16, 2022

Space and resources are strained in the western city of Lviv. More than 200,000 Ukrainians have temporarily settled in the city while Russian airstrikes continued this past week.

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Yevgenia Belorusets is a writer and photographer living in Kyiv.

In Ukraine, writer-photographer Yevgenia Belorusets documents Kyiv's displaced

9:54am March 16, 2022

by Andrew Limbong

Belorusets' book Lucky Breaks, written in the aftermath of Russia's previous assault into Ukraine in 2014, was published in English this month. The author remains in Kyiv producing art as war rages.

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Marie Yovanovitch is sworn in on Nov. 15, 2019, prior to providing testimony as part of the inquiry that led to President Donald Trump's first impeachment. Yovanovitch served as the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine but was relieved of her post following a smear

Former Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch warns Putin will move west if he wins in Ukraine

9:50am March 16, 2022

by Terry Gross

Yovanovitch served as the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine but was relieved of her post following a smear campaign orchestrated by Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani. Her new memoir is Lessons From the Edge.

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Anti-coup protesters are shown running around their makeshift barricade as they make a defense line during a demonstration in Yangon, Myanmar, on March 28, 2021.

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U.N. says military violence in Myanmar may be 'crimes against humanity'

8:32am March 16, 2022

by Ayana Archie

More than 12,500 people in Myanmar have been detained, at least 440,000 have been displaced and about 14 million people are in need of urgent humanitarian assistance, the report says.