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Terrorism Expert In Barcelona Talks About Van Attack Near Las Ramblas

4:36pm August 17, 2017

NPR's Kelly McEvers talks with Nafees Hamid, a terrorism expert for Artis International, who was a few blocks away from Las Ramblas, where the attack in Barcelona occurred on Thursday.

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An American In Barcelona Reacts To Van Attack

4:36pm August 17, 2017

Andrew Roby is an American on vacation in Barcelona and was in the vicinity when a van drove into a crowd of people killing at least a dozen and injuring at least 50.

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Local Reporter Describes What We Know About Van Attack In Barcelona

4:36pm August 17, 2017

NPR's Kelly McEvers speaks with Fiona Govan, a reporter for The Local, Spain, based in Madrid about the deadly attack in Barcelona on Thursday.

Joshua Wong, seen in the prison bus after his sentencing in Hong Kong on Thursday.

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3 Hong Kong Activists Jailed For Role In 2014 'Umbrella' Protests

3:38pm August 17, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

Joshua Wong was the 17-year-old face of massive pro-democracy protests in the semiautonomous city. Now, he and two others have been given stricter sentences that bar them from office for five years.

After a meeting between Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (right) and a member of the Qatari royal family, Sheikh Abdullah Al Thani, Saudi Arabia said Thursday that it is reopening its border with Qatar to allow Qataris to attend the hajj.

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Despite Rift, Saudi Arabia Says It Will Allow Qatari Pilgrims To Conduct Hajj

2:34pm August 17, 2017

by Merrit Kennedy

Qatar has been isolated by neighboring countries in a heated diplomatic standoff. But Saudi Arabia has announced it plans to open its border to allow pilgrims from the tiny Gulf country.

A Black Hawk helicopter flies over the site of a Taliban suicide attack in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on Aug. 2.

Behind The Scenes, A Major Choice Looms On Afghanistan

2:26pm August 17, 2017

by Philip Ewing

Will President Trump double down on America's longest-running — but forgotten — war? Or could he decide to pull the plug?

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Undocumented Teens Say They're Falsely Accused Of Being In A Gang

1:41pm August 17, 2017

by Sarah Gonzalez

The gang known as MS-13 is blamed for a spike in violence on Long Island, N.Y. Police have ramped up surveillance, but undocumented teens in the U.S. say they are falsely accused of being in MS-13.

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Mary Grams, 84, holds a carrot that grew through her engagement ring in Alberta, Canada. Grams, who lost her diamond ring 13 years ago while pulling weeds in her garden, is wearing it proudly again after her daughter-in-law pulled it from the ground on a

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Found: 1-Carrot Diamond Ring

1:19pm August 17, 2017

by Camila Domonoske

Thirteen years ago, Mary Grams of Alberta, Canada, lost her engagement ring while working on the family farm. This week, her daughter-in-law found the heirloom, bizarrely adorning a vegetable.

Tunisian women gather to celebrate Women's Day on Aug. 13 in Tunis. On the same day, the country's president announced the review of a law requiring that a man receive twice the share of an inheritance as a woman.

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As Tunisia Weighs Women's Rights Proposal, Some Of The Staunchest Opponents Are Women

11:30am August 17, 2017

by Ruth Sherlock

Tunisia's president is pushing for his country to become the first in the Arab world to ensure equality between men and women in inheritance laws. Currently, a man's share equals that of two women.

Migrants rest after being rescued in the waters of the Strait of Gibraltar, in the port of Tarifa, on Wednesday.

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Spain Rescues Nearly 600 People At Sea As Migration Patterns Change

11:23am August 17, 2017

by James Doubek

Authorities rescued 593 people in one day Wednesday. The number of migrants arriving in Spain by sea is up sharply from last year, and the number arriving in Greece has dramatically fallen.