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What Conservative U.K. Wins Mean For The U.S.

9:48am December 14, 2019

by Frank Langfitt

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson is promising to use his newly won majority to create a "people's government" that will unite the country after three years of bitter political division.

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Iranians Fleeing To Turkey

9:17am December 14, 2019

by Peter Kenyon

Iranians facing a crackdown on protests are going for a break, or permanently, to Istanbul, where they're a little more free to talk about the situation back home.

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What's Next In The Brexit Saga

9:17am December 14, 2019

NPR's Scott Simon asks British columnist Jenni Russell for her thoughts on the British elections.

Pakistan's four Integrity Icon honorees and one stand-in: from left to right, Imran Zia, Rohana Kakar, Umar Tufail's cousin Mohammad Saleh (Tufail couldn't attend as he was stuck in the field working), Rizwan Alam Sherwani and Zahid Ali Khan Khattak.

They're The Bravest, Humblest Civil Servants In Pakistan

7:00am December 14, 2019

by Tooba Masood-Khan

The global program Integrity Icon aims to "name and fame" instead of "name and shame." This week, Pakistan honored government employees who did everything from track down killers to evict squatters.

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How Britain's Conservative Party Swept Parts Of England That Leaned Left For Decades

5:52pm December 13, 2019

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with The Economist's John Peet about the results of the U.K. general election, which determines how the country moves forward with Brexit.

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How The Rohingya Community Is Reacting To Aung San Suu Kyi's ICJ Speech

5:52pm December 13, 2019

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Yasmin Ullah, President of the Rohingya Human Rights Group, about the reaction among the Rohingya community to the ICJ proceedings at the Hague.

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U.S. And Iraqi Officials Worry Protests In Iraq Could Spark A War

5:52pm December 13, 2019

by Jane Arraf

The anti-government protests in Iraq have prompted reaction from Iranian-backed groups in the country and U.S. and Iraqi officials worry those groups could spark a violent conflict.

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Can A Unified Ethiopia Exist Under The Country's Current Constitution?

5:52pm December 13, 2019

by Eyder Peralta

Ethiopia's 1995 constitution created states based on ethnicity and promised elections to any that could meet the standards. Now concerns are growing that the nation could fracture along ethnic lines.

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Abdelmadjid Tebboune, who has been elected president of Algeria, cast his ballot outside at a polling station in Algiers on Thursday.

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Algeria Elects A New President In Controversial Election

4:45pm December 13, 2019

by Merrit Kennedy

Amid huge protests and a boycott, five candidates with links to the Bouteflika regime squared off and former Prime Minister Abdelmadjid Tebboune came out ahead.

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U.S.-China Reach First Phase Of A Trade Deal

11:38am December 13, 2019

Chinese and U.S. negotiators have agreed to prevent new tariffs from going into effect this weekend. President Trump calls it "phase one" of a trade deal.

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