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Not All Kosovar Women Raped During War With Serbia Apply For Compensation

6:31am March 27, 2018

by Joanna Kakissis

As Kosovo celebrates 10 years since its independence, it's only now beginning to compensate thousands of Kosovar women who were raped during the 1998-1999 war with Serbia.

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What The Impact On Russia Will Be After Expulsion Of Diplomats From U.S.

9:49pm March 26, 2018

Sixty Russian diplomats are being expelled from the U.S., but what is the real impact? NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Angela Stent, director of the Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies at Georgetown University.

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The White House announced Monday that it was expelling dozens of Russian officials from the U.S. President Trump is seen walking across the South Lawn of the White House on Sunday.

U.S. Expels 60 Russian Officials, Closes Consulate In Seattle

9:05pm March 26, 2018

by Laurel Wamsley

The move follows the poisoning of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter in the U.K. earlier this month. The Russians have been given seven days to leave the country.

Flames rise from the Zimnyaya Vishnya shopping center in Kemerovo, where at least 64 people have died.

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At Least 64 Dead In Shopping Mall Fire In Central Russia

5:25pm March 26, 2018

by Scott Neuman

Authorities says some people are still missing after the blaze in the city of Kemerovo, about 2,200 miles east of Moscow.

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Russia Plans To Respond To Its Diplomats Being Expelled Across U.S. And Europe

5:01pm March 26, 2018

by Lucian Kim

Russian diplomats are being expelled across the U.S. and Europe after Russia allegedly poisoned a former Russian double agent living in the U.K. NPR looks at Russia's response to the expulsions.

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Orange snow in the mountains at the Rosa Khutor ski resort outside Sochi, Russia, on Friday.

Clockwork Orange? Why Russian Ski Slopes Are Being Blanketed In The Strange Color

4:25pm March 26, 2018

by Laurel Wamsley

The skies over Crete were an eerie orange, too. Why the tangerine tint? Powerful storms in North Africa blew sands from the Sahara across the Mediterranean.

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14 European Countries Expelling Russian Diplomats In Response To Use Of Nerve Agent

4:24pm March 26, 2018

by Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson

European nations are joining the U.S. and Canada in expelling dozens of Russian diplomats. It's a response to the use of a nerve agent to try to kill a former Russian double agent in the U.K. at the beginning of March.

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Shopping Mall Fire In Central Russia Claims Dozens Of Victims

7:24am March 26, 2018

by Lucian Kim

The fire broke out in a shopping mall in Siberia, according to Russia's Emergencies Minister. Many of the missing are children. It's Russia's deadliest fire in years.

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Gen. John Nicholson, the top American commander in Afghanistan, speaks to reporters last week at Bagram air base north of Kabul, Afghanistan.

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Top U.S. Commander In Afghanistan Accuses Russia Of Aiding Taliban

4:15am March 26, 2018

by Scott Neuman

In an interview with the BBC, U.S. Army Gen. John Nicholson has reiterated charges that the Kremlin is providing arms to the Afghan resistance. Moscow calls the accusation "idle gossip."

A photo of Lt. Col. Arnaud Beltrame rests on a bunch of flowers at the main gate of the police headquarters in Carcassonne, France. On Sunday, a man was arrested on charges of apologizing for terrorism after seemingly praising Beltrame's death on social m

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French Man Praises Police Death, Is Arrested For Apologizing For Terrorism

6:10pm March 25, 2018

by Amy Held

The man, who had run for political office in France, tweeted "how great!" about the death of an officer who offered himself up in a hostage exchange Friday.