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Israel's Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Monday that Israel's governing coalition has collapsed and the country will hold new elections.

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Israel's prime minister is stepping down, sparking a new round of elections

6:11pm June 20, 2022

by Daniel Estrin

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett says he will step down, bringing Israel to its fifth round of elections in just over three years. It comes as former leader Benjamin Netanyahu tries to return to power.

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Belgium returns remains of slain Congolese leader

5:08pm June 20, 2022

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Congolese historian Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja about Belgium's efforts to reconcile over colonialism.

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Israel coalition agrees to dissolve and hold early elections

4:53pm June 20, 2022

by Daniel Estrin

In a joint statement released, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid say they've agreed to hold a vote next week to dissolve parliament and hold early elections.

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More than 200 civilians have reportedly been killed in an ethnic attack in Ethiopia

4:32pm June 20, 2022

by Eyder Peralta

There are reports of an attack in the Ethiopia's Oromia region leading to scores of deaths. Yet details of what happened are hard to verify.

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Karim Sulayman, Raha Mirzadegan, Coral Dolphin and John Taylor Ward perform in Unholy Wars in Charleston, S.C., in May.

An Arab American singer reframes music about the Crusades

2:36pm June 20, 2022

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

A new project conceived by Lebanese American tenor Karim Sulayman recasts baroque music that by turns demonizes and exoticizes Arabs and Muslims.

An attendant pumps gas into a motorcycle in Hanoi, Vietnam Sunday, June 19, 2022. Across the globe, drivers are rethinking their habits and personal finances amid skyrocketing prices for gasoline and diesel.

Pain at the gas pump is being felt around the world

4:43am June 20, 2022

by The Associated Press

Across the globe drivers are rethinking their habits and personal finances amid skyrocketing prices for gasoline and diesel.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese gestures during a news conference in Sydney Friday, June 10, 2022.

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Australia's leader refuses to publicly intervene for Julian Assange

2:14am June 20, 2022

by The Associated Press

The recently elected Australian prime minister declined to say whether he had spoken to U.S. President Joe Biden about the case.

Gustavo Petro, presidential candidate with the Historical Pact coalition, waves as he leaves a polling station accompanied by his daughter Andrea after voting in a presidential runoff in Bogota, Colombia on Sunday

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Former rebel Gustavo Petro wins Colombia's presidential election

11:21pm June 19, 2022

by The Associated Press

Colombians elect the country's first leftist president and first Black woman to be vice president.

A burkini (right) and a culotte swimmer (center) are on display in the Cherchez la Femme (Look for the Woman) exhibition in the Jewish Museum in Berlin, Germany, on March 30, 2017.

A French city approved burkinis in its pools. Then the backlash came

6:15pm June 19, 2022

by Eleanor Beardsley

The city of Grenoble's move to allow the full body-covering swimsuit for Islamic women has sparked a legal battle. Activists say it's a matter of civil — and women's — rights.

Screenwriter, producer and director of film and television Paul Haggis, pictured in 2017, has been arrested in Italy on sexual assault charges.

'Crash' director Paul Haggis was arrested on sexual assault charges in Italy

6:03pm June 19, 2022

Oscar-winning film director and screenwriter Paul Haggis is being detained on sexual assault charges. He has previously been accused of sexual misconduct by multiple women.