Taliban Keeps Up Diplomatic Push In Effort To Establish Legitimacy
While Taliban militants retake control of large parts of Afghanistan, its leaders have been on a diplomatic blitz recently.
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Doctors Without Borders Representative Talks About Afghanistan's Escalating Violence
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Filipe Ribeiro, the Afghanistan representative for Doctors Without Borders, about the escalating violence in Lashkar Gah, Afghanistan.
News Brief: Vaccine Boosters, Emissions Standards, Iran's Ebrahim Raisi
The World Health Organization says it is not the time to give out booster shots. President Biden will unveil proposed rules aimed at fighting climate change. Iran's new president takes office.
With Raisi's Swearing-In, Hard-Line Conservatives Control Iran's Government
Iran is inaugurating new president Ebrahim Raisi — someone already under U.S. sanctions for his role in executions in the 1980s, and who is expected to take a hard line in dealings with the West.
Why WHO Is Calling For A Moratorium On COVID Vaccine Boosters
The director general is asking for a halt for at least two months. His hope is to use all available doses to vaccinate 10% of the population in every country by the end of September.
In Beirut, Thousands Marched To Mark The Anniversary Of Port Blast That Killed 200
As Lebanon marks a year since a huge blast at the Beirut port, the sister of one of the victims is still working to pick up the pieces of her life and continue her search for justice.
Incoming Iranian President Is Expected To Make U.S.-Iran Relations Even Tougher
U.S.-Iran relations are expected to get even tougher when a new Iranian president takes office Thursday. He's a former prosecutor expected to take a hard line inside and outside the country.
Osama Bin Laden Biography Goes Inside Al-Qaida Leader's Final Hideout
Journalist Peter Bergen visited bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, before it was demolished. His new book, The Rise and Fall of Osama bin Laden, draws on materials seized in the raid.
A Year After The Beirut Explosion, Victims' Families Continue To Push For Justice
"If we didn't lead this fight, nobody would," says a Beirut resident whose 3-year-old daughter was among the 217 killed in the blast. An official investigation has stalled. No one has been prosecuted.
Lebanese Demand Justice A Year After The Deadly Beirut Port Explosion
A Human Rights Watch report states there's little chance the probe will hold any ranking officials accountable — despite evidence they failed to act on warnings about dangerous chemicals at the port.