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Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is reportedly in the early stages of negotiating a plea deal related to the corruptions charges he faces.

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Netanyahu in talks to reach plea bargain in corruption trial

2:56am January 17, 2022

by Daniel Estrin

Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who's on trial for corruption, is in talks to reach a plea bargain. If it goes forward, it could force him to take a break from politics.

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Afghanistan's hunger crisis

5:03pm January 16, 2022

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Mike Bonke, Action Against Hunger's Afghanistan country director, about what he's seeing there.

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International help heads to Tonga after Saturday's massive underwater volcano eruption

8:18am January 16, 2022

An underwater volcano erupted Saturday near Tonga, sending tsunamis across the pacific basin.

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With Russian troops massed at the border, Ukrainians are preparing for a possible invasion

8:18am January 16, 2022

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks to correspondent, Eleanor Beardsley, who has been traveling around Ukraine.

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The Isle of Rum needed a population boost so they took applications. This guy made the cut

8:18am January 16, 2022

by Sacha Pfeiffer

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer speaks with Alex Mumford, who moved to the Isle of Rum in the Scottish Hebrides as a part of the island chain's efforts to boost its population.

20 years in, what's next for Guantanamo Bay and the 39 prisoners still there

8:18am January 16, 2022

by Sacha Pfeiffer

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with Karen Greenberg, director of the Center on National Security at Fordham University School, about the future of the U.S. military court and prison at Guantanamo Bay.

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After a week of failed diplomatic efforts, tension between Russia and the U.S. builds

9:11pm January 15, 2022

by Charles Maynes

Tensions between the U.S. and Russia over Ukraine seem to have ratcheted up.

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This image taken by Himawari-8, a Japanese weather satellite, shows an undersea volcano eruption at the Pacific nation of Tonga.

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A massive volcano erupts near Tonga, causing tsunami waves as far as the West Coast

5:44pm January 15, 2022

by Becky Sullivan

An undersea volcano erupted near the Pacific nation of Tonga, sending tsunami waves crashing across the shore there and around the Pacific, including a surges along the U.S. West Coast.

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U.K. prime minister and monarchy each face separate scandals

4:55pm January 15, 2022

by Frank Langfitt

Recent scandals have rocked two major British institutions: the prime minister's office and the monarchy.

A person holds a photo of late Haitian President Jovenel Moïse during his memorial ceremony in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on July 20, 2021.

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Jamaica arrests a former senator sought in Haitian president's assassination

2:14pm January 15, 2022

by The Associated Press

A former Haitian senator sought in the killing of President Jovenel Moïse has been arrested in Jamaica, Haiti's National Police says. John Joël Joseph is the second suspect to be arrested in Jamaica.