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News Brief: Irma Smacks Florida, Netanyahu's Son Posts Anti-Semitic Cartoon

8:19am September 11, 2017

Irma, which smashed through the Florida Keys, is now a Category 1 hurricane. Israeli politicians are criticizing the prime minister's oldest son for posting an anti-Semitic caricature.

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Netanyahu's Son Yair Stirs Up Controversy With Anti-Semitic Cartoon

7:11am September 11, 2017

by Daniel Estrin

Political leaders and commentators in Israel are criticizing the eldest son of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who posted a meme with anti-Semitic images to social media.

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Faytha Ahmed Farj, a mother of nine, goes door-to-door in Sanaa, Yemen, to tell people how to avoid cholera — and what to do if they see symptoms.

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Mother Of 9 Goes Door-To-Door As Part Of Yemen's Anti-Cholera Brigade

7:00am September 09, 2017

by Sasha Ingber

Volunteers are the unsung heroes in slowing the spread of the disease in the world's worst cholera epidemic.

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ISIS Is Ousted, But Much Of Mosul Still Lies In Rubble

5:15am September 08, 2017

by Jane Arraf

Two months after Iraqi and U.S. forces pushed ISIS out of the Iraqi city of Mosul, there is still widespread destruction, hundreds of thousands of displaced people and questions about who's in charge.

Taliban Attacks U.S. Afghan Base In Response To Leaflets

11:21pm September 07, 2017

Earlier this week, the U.S. Army dropped leaflets in Afghanistan with images that offended many Muslims in the country, and the Taliban responded with an attack on an American air base.

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Europe's top court has dismissed a legal action by Hungary and Slovakia, which challenged a system that required them to take in refugees. Above, migrants wait to be rescued by a ship in the Mediterranean off the Libyan coast last month.

EU Court Rejects Bid By Hungary And Slovakia To Avoid Taking Migrants

5:15pm September 06, 2017

by Laurel Wamsley

The countries challenged a quota system adopted by the EU to help Italy and Greece during the 2015 migration crisis. Hungary's foreign minister vowed to fight any imposed relocation of refugees.

Chahabi at the house in a leafy suburb of Berlin where he has a studio apartment. After nearly two years, he feels at home in the city.

The Counselor Who Has Walked Many Miles In A Refugee's Shoes

3:34pm September 06, 2017

by Andrew Curry

His name is Ahmad Chahabi, he fled Syria for Berlin and now he's building a new life by helping other refugees.

News Brief: Trump Ends DACA, Irma Is A Category 5 Hurricane

8:16am September 06, 2017

Trump says it's up to Congress to make a plan to keep 800,000 immigrants from being deported. They were children when they entered the U.S. illegally. And, Irma is on a collision course with Florida.

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ISIS Fighters In Syria Are Occupied By Battles On Multiple Fronts

7:26am September 06, 2017

by Ruth Sherlock

While a convoy of its fighters and families rambles through Syria, the Islamic State is losing ground in important cities to forces backed by the U.S. and others from the Syrian government.

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Bashar Abdul Jabar lost his 15-year-old son, Ahmed, when part of their house collapsed during fighting between Iraqi troops and ISIS. He returned to the city to retrieve his boy's body with the help of civil defense forces.

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'He Died Alone': A Grieving Father Searches For His Teenage Son In Mosul

11:36am September 04, 2017

by Jane Arraf

Bashar Abdul Jabar's son was trapped when his legs were crushed during Iraq's military campaign to retake Mosul from ISIS. The family had to leave him behind. "We have no comfort," says Abdul Jabar.