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Instability looms ahead of Bangladesh's election on Sunday

5:27pm January 05, 2024

by Diaa Hadid

Bangladesh heads to elections on Sunday. Experts warn the expected victory of the ruling party will likely cause more instability amid a crackdown on political opponents, critics and the press.

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British actress Glynis Johns, who played Mrs. Banks in 'Mary Poppins,' is dead at 100

4:57pm January 05, 2024

by Bob Mondello

British actress Glynis Johns has died at the age of 100. Best known as the suffragist mom in Mary Poppins, she brought wit and charm to stage and film characters for more than six decades.

Women in Gaza are desperately in need of washrooms, privacy and pads

4:24pm January 05, 2024

by Aya Batrawy

Hundreds of thousands of displaced women in Gaza are not only struggling to survive Israeli bombardment, but also have to contend with private struggles trying to find washrooms and pads.

Mukhtar Babayev, Azerbaijan ecology and natural resources minister, attends a plenary session at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit on Dec. 11, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Babayev has been named to lead the United Nations' annual climate talks later this year, prompting concern from some climate activists over his former ties to the state oil company in a major oil-producing nation.

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Azerbaijan names a former oil executive to lead 2024 climate talks

3:29pm January 05, 2024

by The Associated Press

Mukhtar Babayev, has been named to lead the United Nations' annual climate talks later this year, prompting concern from some climate activists over his former ties to the state oil company.

A South Korean tank fires during exercises at the Northwest Islands area of South Korea on Friday.

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North and South Korea conduct provocative military drills along their sea boundary

12:53pm January 05, 2024

by The Associated Press

The rival Koreas fired artillery rounds into the sea as part of provocative drills along their disputed sea boundary Friday, in violation of the fragile 2018 inter-Korean agreement.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi gives a toast to invited guests after delivering a speech at a reception for Commemoration of the 45th Anniversary of China-U.S. Diplomatic Relations in Beijing on Friday.

China promises pandas for the U.S. on the 45th anniversary of the two nations' ties

12:28pm January 05, 2024

by The Associated Press

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said the United States and China must insist on peaceful coexistence and promised that giant pandas would return to the U.S. — specifically California — by year end.

South African Paralympian Oscar Pistorius leaves the Pretoria High Court on June 15, 2016, after the third day of his resentencing hearing for the 2013 murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Pistorius was released from Pretoria prison on Friday after serving nearly 11 years.

Oscar Pistorius is released from prison on parole in South Africa

8:12am January 05, 2024

by Kate Bartlett

The Paralympic champion convicted of murdering his girlfriend has left prison on parole.

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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi speaks at a mosque in the capital Tehran on Tuesday. Iran manages a network of proxy groups throughout the Middle East that are battling U.S. and Israeli forces on multiple fronts.

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After striking throughout the Middle East, Iran's proxies now become the targets

6:55pm January 04, 2024

by Greg Myre

Iran supports militant groups that have been striking out at U.S. and Israeli forces. These factions are increasingly under attack themselves as fighting in the region spreads.

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Ukraine's ambassador to the U.S. outlines consequences if Western funds end

6:06pm January 04, 2024

Oksana Markarova, Ukraine's ambassador to the United States, talks with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly about the latest development in the war with Russia.

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What it was like at the burial of senior Hamas official and fighters in Beirut

5:40pm January 04, 2024

by Jane Arraf

In Beirut, thousands attend the funeral of the top Hamas official, assassinated in what some claim was an Israeli drone strike.

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