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Turkish Government Comes Down Hard On Academics After Failed Coup

4:32pm July 22, 2016

NPR's Kelly McEvers talks to Sinan Ciddi, executive director of the Institute for Turkish Studies at Georgetown University, about Turkey's travel ban on the country's academics and crackdown on academic freedoms.

U.S. Considers Turkey's Role In Fighting ISIS After Coup Attempt

4:32pm July 22, 2016

by Michele Kelemen

The U.S. has to decide what course to set with Turkey — now another country that's critically important to U.S. interests but with an increasingly repressive leader.

French flags are seen lowered at half-staff in Nice on July 16. The truck attack on July 14 killed 84 people. "I felt coming to celebrate on holiday and people are in mourning didn't seem right," one vacationer says. "But I'm glad I came."

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In Nice, Residents And Tourists Struggle To Adjust After Attack

4:19pm July 22, 2016

by Daniel Estrin

After last week's truck attack, "We're lost," says one resident. "We just don't know how to deal with it. We're living in endless doubt."

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Brazil Arrests 10 For Planning Attacks Against Next Month's Rio Olympics

6:36am July 22, 2016

by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

Brazilian authorities busted a terror ring that was planning attacks on the Olympic games in Rio de Janeiro. This comes after Brazil bolstered security measures following the truck attack in France.

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A Check On Turkey, A Week After A Failed Coup Rocked The Country

6:25am July 22, 2016

Things have changed dramatically. Sweeping changes will have an impact on the country's relations with the U.S. and E.U. Renee Montagne talks to analyst Omer Taspinar of the National War College.

Vet Expects Larry The Cat To Make A Full Recovery

6:15am July 22, 2016

Britain's favorite civil servant was observed limping on Wednesday. Some suspect Palmer, the Foreign Office cat, is responsible for wounding the mouser in chief at the prime minister's residence.

A Turkish special forces police officer stands guard in front of the Istanbul Justice Palace on July 20. Family members of those detained have been gathering outside, hoping for a chance to see their loved ones.

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Fear Grips Turkey Amid Government Crackdown After Failed Coup

6:27pm July 21, 2016

by Leila Fadel

Most Turks are afraid to speak out after last week's failed coup. Tens of thousands have been detained. A family looks for their missing soldier son, saying he didn't know he was being used in a plot.

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Court Of Arbitration Upholds Ban On Russian Track And Field Athletes

6:27pm July 21, 2016

by Corey Flintoff

The possibility of the entire Russian team being banned from next month's Rio Olympics increased Thursday. A court of arbitration upheld a specific ban on Russian track and field athletes attending the games, after allegations of the widespread use of performance enhancing drugs.

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A woman lights a candle on Monday in Nice, France, near a makeshift memorial for the victims of the deadly Bastille Day attack.

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French Prosecutor Says Attacker In Nice Had Accomplices And Planned For Months

5:31pm July 21, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

France's anti-terror prosecutor said that more than 400 people across multiple agencies have been working on the probe. Authorities have taken five possible accomplices into custody.

A portrait of journalist Pavel Sheremet is surrounded with flowers and candles near where he was killed.

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The Grand Ambitions Of A Slain Journalist In Ukraine

7:11pm July 20, 2016

by Joanne Levine

Pavel Sheremet, who was killed Wednesday, clashed with Russian authorities over his investigative reporting. He thought he'd found a safe home in Ukraine. NPR's Joanne Levine met him just last month.