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French Presidential Candidate Falters After Reported Hiring Scandal

7:53am February 02, 2017

by Eleanor Beardsley

The campaign of Francois Fillon, one of the leading presidential candidates, has stumbled after claims surfaced that he paid his wife nearly a million dollars in public funds — for hardly any work.

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Former Soviet Republics Monitor Trump's Evolving Foreign Policy

7:53am February 02, 2017

by Natalia Antelava

Post-Soviet republics are curious about what a Trump White House and a Tillerson State Department will mean for them. Some see the recent spike in fighting in Ukraine through a big geopolitical lens.

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Former Exxon Mobil executive Rex Tillerson testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Jan. 11 during his confirmation hearing for secretary of state.

Trump Gets His Man At The State Department

8:34pm February 01, 2017

Rex Tillerson, the former oil company CEO, will now head America's foreign policy, as skeptical diplomats wait for what's next.

The rotunda of the Capitol during the inauguration of Donald Trump in January.

Where Does Your Member Of Congress Stand On Trump's Immigration Order?

8:30pm February 01, 2017

NPR and dozens of member stations searched for public statements by all 536 members of Congress. Use our interactive tracker to see what your lawmakers have — or have not — said about the order.

White House National Security Adviser Michael Flynn (right) put "Iran on notice" on Wednesday for a recent missile test and support for Houthi rebels in Yemen.

White House Warns Iran But Plans No Immediate New Action

7:02pm February 01, 2017

by Philip Ewing

National Security Adviser Mike Flynn says Iran is "on notice," but the White House announced no new military action or other responses to what he called its provocations.

This stone marten knocked out power to the $7 billion Large Hadron Collider particle accelerator in November 2016 when it touched a 18,000-volt transformer.

World's Most Destructive Stone Marten Goes On Display In The Netherlands

6:19pm February 01, 2017

by Rebecca Hersher

The carcass of a marten that shut down the $7 billion Large Hadron Collider last year is the most recent addition to a Dutch exhibit of animals that have had notable interactions with humans.

Retired Gen. David Petraeus warned the U.S. not to be complacent in protecting its place in the world order Wednesday. He's seen here in a photo from last summer.

Petraeus Warns Of Giving Ammunition To Extremists, 'Revisionist Powers'

5:41pm February 01, 2017

by Bill Chappell

Discussing "the State of the World" on Capitol Hill, the former general urges a quick resolution to the review behind the ban on immigration from seven majority-Muslim countries.

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Kenya's Somali Refugees Face Uncertain Future After Trump Order

5:29pm February 01, 2017

by Eyder Peralta

Kenya is home to the world's largest refugee camp, Dadaab, which houses more than 280,000 people, mostly Somali. About 14,500 refugees were in the process of being screened to be resettled in the U.S. before President Trump's travel ban.

British Prime Minister Theresa May leaves 10 Downing St. on Wednesday. British MPs approved the first stage of a bill empowering her to start pulling the U.K. out of the European Union.

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U.K. Lawmakers Pave The Way For May To Commence Brexit

5:21pm February 01, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

By a large majority Wednesday, the British House of Commons gave Prime Minister Theresa May the authority to begin talks to leave the EU. It's not the last vote, but it may be the most important.

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Jewish Settlers Ordered To Evacuate Illegal West Bank Outpost

4:27pm February 01, 2017

by Joanna Kakissis

Jewish settlers in a two-decades-old West Bank outpost — considered illegal even under Israeli law — were told to evacuate. Some swear to fight the order while Palestinians hope to get access to land they once owned.