Wildfires Continue In Australia
The death toll and the damage from Australia's wild fires continues to grow.
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Activists Pushing Back Over Air Pollution In Pakistan
The Pakistani city of Lahore has some of the world's worst air pollution. For years the government played down the extent of the problem. Now activists are pushing back.
The Australian Wildfires' Devastating Impact On Wildlife
Dr. Gundi Rhoades is a veterinarian in New South Wales who's been dealing with tragic numbers of dying livestock and wild animals from the wildfires in Australia. She talks with NPR's Sarah McCammon.
Who Was The Iraqi Commander Also Killed In The Baghdad Drone Strike?
Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis founded Kataib Hezbollah, an anti-U.S. insurgency movement responsible for numerous American casualties over the years.
Qassem Soleimani Mourned By Thousands In Baghdad As U.S.-Iran Rancor Mounts
As black-clad demonstrators grieved the Iranian general, who was killed in a U.S. airstrike earlier this week, Tehran and Washington waged a war of words. Other nations desperately urged restraint.
Ryan Crocker On The Killing Of Qassem Soleimani
NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with the former U.S. ambassador to Iraq about the complicated relationship between the U.S., Iraq and Iran.
What Soleimani's Assassination Means For The U.S. And The Middle East
NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with former Ambassador Robert Ford about the U.S.' current situation in Iraq in the wake of protests and the U.S. assassination of a top-ranking Iranian general.
Former National Security Official On Repercussions Of Soleimani Strike
NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Kelly Magsamen about the latest tensions between Iran and the United States.
Was It Legal For The U.S. To Kill A Top Iranian Military Leader?
The strike against Qassem Soleimani raises thorny legal questions — and experts disagree over whether the U.S. had the legal authority to do it.
Danielle Pletka On Soleimani Strike
NPR's Leila Fadel talks with Danielle Pletka of the American Enterprise Institute about why she thinks killing a top Iranian general was a shrewd move by the Trump administration.