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Reports: Turkey Says Journalist Jamal Khashoggi Killed In Saudi Consulate

8:07am October 07, 2018

by Peter Kenyon

Saudi Arabian officials are denying a reports that Turkish investigators believe a Saudi journalist was murdered while visiting the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.

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Saudi Journalist Reportedly Murdered

11:03pm October 06, 2018

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Washington Post editor Karen Attiah about the disappearance and possible murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

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U.S. Backs Kurds And Arabs In Push To Oust ISIS Remnants From Syria

7:57am October 06, 2018

by Tom Bowman

In the fight to take the last land held by ISIS, U.S. forces in Syria are supporting local Kurds and Arabs who face hardened fighters amid roads and houses seeded with bombs.

North Rhine-Westphalia's interior minister Herbert Reul, seen with police officers, apologized for mistakes that left a Syrian man falsely imprisoned and then dead when a fire broke out in the jail.

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German Minister Apologizes For Mistakenly Imprisoning Syrian Who Died After Jail Fire

7:17pm October 05, 2018

by Sasha Ingber

The man was arrested for failing to pay a fine for theft, but police officers did not thoroughly check his identity. The 26-year-old died of injuries after a fire broke out in the jail.

The 2018 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Nadia Murad (pictured) and Dr. Denis Mukwege, a gynecologist from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, for their efforts to combat wartime sexual assault.

Once Enslaved By ISIS, Nadia Murad Is Co-Recipient Of Nobel Peace Prize

12:55pm October 05, 2018

by Sasha Ingber

After three months, she escaped through an unlocked door. Since then, she has devoted her life to sharing her painful story and urging survivors of sexual violence to reclaim their lives.

A blocked road in Istanbul leads to the Saudi consulate. Jamal Khashoggi, a prominent critic of Saudi Arabia's crown prince, visited the consulate earlier this week and has not been seen since.

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Saudi Critic Vanishes After Visiting Consulate, Prompting Fear And Confusion

10:05pm October 04, 2018

by Sasha Ingber

Saudi Arabia said that Jamal Khashoggi left the premises in Istanbul. But Turkish authorities said the journalist, a vocal commentator on the Gulf kingdom, remained inside the building.

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No Longer Under ISIS Control, How Has Raqqa Changed?

6:57am October 04, 2018

by Tom Bowman

About a year after the battle to force ISIS out of the Syrian city of Raqqa, a trip there shows progress in clearing the rubble but still great destruction and uncertainty.

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Concern Grows After Internationally Known Saudi Commentator Goes Missing

4:24pm October 03, 2018

by Jackie Northam

A prominent U.S.-based Saudi journalist has gone missing in Istanbul after visiting the Saudi consulate there. It raises concern he's caught up in the Kingdom's crackdown on free speech.

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The unanimous ruling from the International Court of Justice orders the U.S. to allow Iran to import food, medical supplies and other products for humanitarian reasons. Here, people browse for goods in the Grand Bazaar in Tehran.

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U.S. Ends 1955 Treaty With Iran, After U.N. Court Orders A Partial Lift Of Sanctions

1:12pm October 03, 2018

by Bill Chappell

"This is a decision, frankly, that is 39 years overdue," Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said as he announced the U.S. is ending its Treaty of Amity with Iran.

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Honor guards attend a flag-raising ceremony at Tiananmen Square in 2017. Under President Xi Jinping, China has ambitiously pressed its advantage almost everywhere at once.

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China Unbound: What An Emboldened China Means For The World

3:43pm October 02, 2018

by William Dobson

China has definitely risen. NPR's correspondents set out to find out what that entails, reporting from more than a dozen countries across the globe.

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