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Gunmen kill 20 miners in southwest Pakistan attack ahead of Asian security summit

1:30am October 11, 2024

It's the latest attack in Pakistan's restive Balochistan province and comes days ahead of a major security summit being hosted in the capital. No group claimed immediate responsibility for the attack.

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People under Israeli siege plea for help in Gaza, U.S. says conditions 'must change'

5:02pm October 10, 2024

by Aya Batrawy

Critical aid lifelines have been cut to north Gaza as Israeli forces besiege the area and order hospitals shut, prompting U.S. concerns about Israel's endless military operations there.

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DOJ silent as families of Americans killed in West Bank, Gaza demand it investigate

4:33pm October 10, 2024

by Daniel Estrin

The Justice Department vowed to investigate Americans killed by Hamas in the group's Oct. 7 attack on Israel. But the DOJ has done nothing to investigate deaths of 4 Americans killed in the West Bank and Gaza by Israelis.

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Internationally acclaimed Israeli writer Etgar Keret looks back on a year of war

12:00pm October 10, 2024

by Terry Gross

Keret, who lives in Tel Aviv, reflects on the protests in Israel and the U.S. over the hostages and Gaza. The son of Holocaust survivors, he has left- and right-wing political views in his own family.

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Lebanese diva Fairuz attends a rehearsal

Amid airstrikes and armed conflict, Lebanese musicians hit a somber note

11:32am October 10, 2024

Lebanon is a cultural hub for Arab music. Lebanese music writer Danny Hajjar has been talking with musicians there about how they're dealing with escalating conflict in the region.

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Rafael Nadal announces his retirement from tennis after 22 Grand Slam titles

11:00am October 10, 2024

The 38-year-old tennis legend, who has been dealing with injuries in recent years, said he will step away from the sport after next month’s Davis Cup finals.

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On the Lebanon border with Israel the sound of explosions persist

7:15am October 10, 2024

by Michel Martin

Israel says its ground operations into Lebanon are limited, targeted raids. In Marjayoun, a town on Lebanon’s border with Israel, rocket fire and raids backed by airstrikes haven't let up.

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Han Kang becomes the first South Korean writer to win the Nobel Prize in literature

7:11am October 10, 2024

The citation commended Han Kang's "intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life." She won the International Booker Prize for The Vegetarian in 2016.

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How a year of war in Gaza has spilled into the West Bank

4:45am October 10, 2024

by Kat Lonsdorf

A look at the Israeli-occupied West Bank in the year since the Oct. 7 attacks and an increase in violence against Palestinians by both Israeli settlers as well as the military

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Morning news brief

4:41am October 10, 2024

by Leila Fadel

Milton plows across Florida with high winds, torrential rain and tornadoes. Israeli military's ground incursion continues in southern Lebanon. Polls suggest Republicans make gains among Black voters.

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