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Pakistani Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal talks to journalists outside the accountability court, in Islamabad, Pakistan, in October.

World News

Pakistan's Interior Minister Survives Suspected Assassination Attempt

4:40am May 07, 2018

Ahsan Iqbal was shot after leaving a political gathering in his hometown of Narowal, in Pakistan's state of Punjab. The attacker is reportedly a member of a hard-line Muslim group.

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Examining Human Rights In North Korea

8:28am May 06, 2018

Robert King was a special envoy for North Korean human rights during the Obama administration. He joins NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro to talk about a potential deal that would release American prisoners.

Jude Sabio displays the communication he submitted to the International Criminal Court. He says he felt it was his duty to bring President Duterte's war on drugs to the attention of prosecutors.

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Philippine Lawyer Faces Death Threats After Filing Case At The Hague Against Duterte

8:43am May 05, 2018

by Michael Sullivan

Jude Sabio filed an International Criminal Court case against President Rodrigo Duterte for crimes against humanity in the war on drugs. "I'm afraid that I'll be killed at any time," Sabio says.

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Men walk near the site where the body of an 8-year-old girl who was raped and murdered was found in January.

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India Reforms Its Anti-Rape Laws — To Mixed Reaction

7:09pm May 04, 2018

by Kamala Thiagarajan

There are concerns that the new measures might not be easy to implement — or could even backfire.

U.S. Trade Talks With China End With No Agreement

5:48pm May 04, 2018

by Anthony Kuhn

The latest round of talks between the U.S. and China ended with no agreement on how to cut the trade deficit between the two countries.

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Chinese President Xi Jinping visits the Marxist literature center at Peking University, long a bastion of patriotic student activism, in Beijing on Wednesday. Xi has pushed China's universities to enforce ideological conformity and avoid discussing consti

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As Peking University Marks 120 Years, Student Demands For Transparency Are Quashed

4:09pm May 04, 2018

by Anthony Kuhn

The school has a long history of patriotic activism, but recently it has suppressed student activists seeking disclosure of information about a campus sexual harassment case.

One of the two wreck sites identified in 2015 during the extensive search for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.

World News

Failed MH370 Search May Have Solved Mystery Of 19th Century Shipwrecks

3:45pm May 04, 2018

by Scott Neuman

The search for the Malaysia Airlines flight — lost in 2014 with 239 passengers and crew — turned up two shipwrecks. Maritime historians think they've discovered the identities of the vessels.

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin (center left) and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross (center right) walk through a hotel lobby as they head to a state guest house to meet Chinese officials in Beijing on Friday. The talks included a "thorough exchange of vie

U.S. Trade Team Leaves China Talks Without Any Big Breakthroughs

2:47pm May 04, 2018

by Bill Chappell

The U.S. team had hoped to cut the trade imbalance by $200 billion and stop China from targeting U.S. technology and intellectual property.

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3 Americans Held In North Korea May Be Released Soon, Trump Tweets

10:24am May 04, 2018

Rachel Martin talks to Anna Fifield, Tokyo bureau chief at The Washington Post, about President Trump's hint on Twitter that 3 Americans held in North Korean labor camps might be released soon.

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A photograph taken Wednesday showing a tree that fell in high winds during a storm in Bareilly in India's northern Uttar Pradesh state.

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Hot, Moist Air From Mediterranean Sparked Freak Storm In India, Meteorologists Say

9:54am May 04, 2018

by Scott Neuman

The storm that swept across western India on Wednesday reportedly killed at least 110 people, most of whom were trapped in homes that collapsed in the fierce winds.