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Participants hold a giant rainbow flag in front of the Greek parliament during the Athens Pride parade in Athens on June 10, 2023.

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In Greece, same-sex couples await a landmark parliamentary vote on marriage equality

10:13am February 14, 2024

by Moira Lavelle

Greece's parliament is set to vote Thursday on same-sex marriage legislation that includes new parental rights for LGBTQ couples. The Greek Orthodox Church opposes same-sex marriage.

Pakistan's former prime minister and leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz party Shehbaz Sharif speaks during a press conference in Lahore on Feb. 13, 2024.

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Pakistan party nominates Shehbaz Sharif as prime minister, ending deadlock

2:20am February 14, 2024

The move to reappoint Shehbaz Sharif as prime minister is a likely blow to millions of Pakistanis who voted in last week's elections for independents backed by the country's popular leader Imran Khan.

Bilawal-Bhutto Zardari (center bottom), chairman of Pakistan People's Party, speaks as party aids watch during a press conference regarding parliamentary elections, in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Tuesday.

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Pakistan heads toward a coalition government

6:06pm February 13, 2024

by The Associated Press

The announcement of plans for a coalition government ends the uncertainty since last week when no party won a simple majority in parliamentary elections.

The Senate passed a bill with Ukraine aid. Biden urges the House to do the same

5:43pm February 13, 2024

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Democratic Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut about the prospect of U.S. military aid for Ukraine.

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The Republican Party has grown much more supportive of Russia in recent years

4:40pm February 13, 2024

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Anne Applebaum, staff writer for The Atlantic, about Russia's continued appeal to the American right.

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Portugal's approach to the opioid epidemic is a flashpoint in U.S. fentanyl debate

4:40pm February 13, 2024

by Brian Mann

Portugal's focus on care and treatment over law enforcement and incarceration is widely viewed as a model for helping people recover from opioid addiction. But it's become a flashpoint in the U.S.

Presidential candidates from left, Ganjar Pranowo, Prabowo Subianto and Anies Baswedan hold hands as they pose for photographers after the first presidential candidates' debate in Jakarta, Indonesia, Dec. 12.

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3 things you should know about Indonesia's presidential elections

3:39pm February 13, 2024

by Anthony Kuhn

The nation's younger voters may decide whether the world's third-largest democracy maintains economic growth and political reform or slides backward to the authoritarian politics of a generation ago.

A view of the mountains surrounding the area where a landslide hit a gold mine in Ilic district of Erzincan province, in Turkey, on Tuesday.

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A landslide in Turkey has trapped 9 gold mine workers

3:14pm February 13, 2024

by Peter Kenyon

Nine mine workers were trapped underground after a landslide at a gold mine in Turkey's eastern Anatolia region.

Members of the Israeli military work at a staging area near the border of Gaza during a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas in November.

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Mediators are in Cairo working to secure a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas

12:12pm February 13, 2024

by D. Parvaz

The talks come as Israel signals it may soon launch an invasion of Rafah, in the south of the Gaza Strip. The talks were expected to center on a plan that would pause the fighting for up to six weeks.

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Palestinians look at the destruction after an Israeli airstrike in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Friday, Feb. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

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New Gaza cease-fire talks to begin in Cairo; Senate passes foreign aid bill

8:00am February 13, 2024

by Suzanne Nuyen

Officials begin new efforts to work out a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas. A bipartisan Senate majority passed a $95 billion foreign aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan.

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