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World leaders gather in Munich for security conference

5:55pm February 17, 2024

Sen. Chris Coons is among those attending the Munich Security Conference in Germany. NPR's Camila Domonoske speaks to him about what's taking place at the annual security summit.

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Dr. Khaled al-Serr, outside Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, in southern Gaza.

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Worries grow over fate of Palestinian doctor after Israeli troops raid Gaza hospital

5:27pm February 17, 2024

by D. Parvaz

The last messages sent by Dr. Khaled al-Serr were on Thursday night from a Gaza hospital raided by the Israeli military. Colleagues fear he has been detained by the Israeli military.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Vice President Harris arrive at a press conference at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday.

Harris says 'there is only Plan A' for Ukraine aid. Zelenskyy says he's counting on it

3:17pm February 17, 2024

by Asma Khalid

Ukraine aid is stalled in the U.S. House of Representatives. Vice President Harris said there's no other option for helping Ukraine push back against Russia's invasion.

A woman touches a photo of Alexei Navalny after laying flowers at the Memorial to Victims of Political Repression in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Saturday.

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Alexei Navalny's team confirms his death. His mother is searching for his body

12:53pm February 17, 2024

by The Associated Press

Alexei Navalny's spokesperson confirmed Saturday that the Russian opposition leader had died at a remote Arctic penal colony and said he was "murdered," but it is unclear where his body is.

Charles McGonigal, a former special agent in charge of the FBI's counterintelligence division in New York, arrives at the federal courthouse in Washington, D.C., on Friday.

Ex-FBI official gets over 2 years in prison for receiving $225,000 tied to Albania

11:23am February 17, 2024

by The Associated Press

Charles McGonigal, a former high-ranking FBI counterintelligence official, was sentenced for taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash from a businessman with ties to the Albanian government.

Alexei Navalny in Berlin in 2020, surrounded by his wife and two children.

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Opinion: Navalny's spirit and legacy live on

11:07am February 17, 2024

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon remembers Alexei Navalny. The Russian opposition leader died Friday in a penal colony.

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Opposition leader Alexei Navalny's supporters blame Putin for his death in prison

8:08am February 17, 2024

Supporters of jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny are mourning his death, which was announced by Russian authorities on Friday.

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Israeli troops take control, cut power in one of Gaza's last functioning hospitals

8:03am February 17, 2024

Israeli troops have taken command of a hospital in southern Gaza while negotiations for a cease fire are ongoing but substantial disagreements remain.

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Netanyahu's foreign policy adviser comments on Israel's possible invasion of Rafah

8:03am February 17, 2024

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon talks about the war in Gaza with Ophir Falk, a foreign policy adviser to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

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A journalist in Ukraine reflects on daily life since Russia's invasion 2 years ago

8:03am February 17, 2024

by Scott Simon

How has life in Ukraine changed as the second anniversary of the war nears? NPR's Scott Simon talks to journalist Yaroslav Trofimov and art curator and journalist Kateryna Iakovlenko.