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The U.N. says 6 staff were killed in an Israeli strike on a Gaza school

11:18am September 12, 2024

The U.N. relief agency for Palestinian refugees in the Gaza Strip said its employees were among 18 people killed in an Israeli airstrike on a school. Israel said the school was being used by Hamas.

A rare look inside war-torn Sudan. And, the data behind grocery inflation.

7:54am September 12, 2024

NPR gets a rare look inside war-torn Sudan, where millions are displaced and struggling for survival. And, we examine new data on why grocery prices remain high.

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The consequences of the war in Sudan have been devastating

7:22am September 12, 2024

by Michel Martin

More than a year of conflict has brought one of Africa's largest countries to its knees and unleashed the world's greatest humanitarian crisis.

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Restrictions on Ukraine’s use of U.S. weapons across Russia’s border may be lifted

5:05am September 12, 2024

by Michel Martin

Ukraine's president wants to attack targets inside Russia. Will the U.S. loosen restrictions on the long-range weapons it provides for the war?

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South Korea's city parks cater to a growing number of urban campers

4:45am September 12, 2024

by Anthony Kuhn

In South Korea's competitive, traffic-snarled capital, urban camping offers some welcome relaxation to campers with all the right gear but little time to travel.

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Examining Iran's nuclear program and U.S.-Iranian relations

4:13am September 12, 2024

by Steve Inskeep

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Middle East security and nuclear policy expert Seyed Hossein Mousavian about Iran's nuclear program and U.S.-Iranian relations.

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Morning news brief

3:42am September 12, 2024

by Leila Fadel

The war in Sudan has been devastating. Trial of three ex-Memphis police officers in the beating death of Tyre Nichols continues. Examining if greedy companies are to blame for higher grocery prices.

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Alberto Fujimori, ex-president of Peru who was convicted of human rights abuses, dies

9:05pm September 11, 2024

Alberto Fujimori, whose decade-long presidency began with righting Peru’s economy and defeating a brutal insurgency only to end in a disgrace, has died. He was 86.

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Mexico's Senate passes controversial judicial reform

5:54pm September 11, 2024

by Eyder Peralta

In a dramatic late night session, Mexico's Senate voted on its controversial judicial reform bill. The debate was interrupted when protestors forced their way into the Senate chambers.

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In Iran, the brutal crackdown that followed Mahsa Amini's death continues

5:26pm September 11, 2024

by Jackie Northam

Next week will mark the two-year anniversary of the death Mahsa Amini, an Iranian woman who died while in custody of Iran’s morality police. The police crackdown that followed continues today.

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