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Turkish State New Agency Reveals Locations Of U.S. Troops In Syria

6:36pm July 25, 2017

NPR's Kelly McEvers speaks with Roy Gutman, a freelance reporter based in Istanbul, about his article in the Daily Beast about Turkey's leak of secret locations of U.S. troops in Syria.

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A world map showing the percentage of children less than a year old who don't get the DTP immunization.

New Report Shows 64 Of 195 Countries Aren't Meeting A Basic Vaccination Target

6:08pm July 25, 2017

by Rina Shaikh-Lesko

The goal is to reach 90 percent of children with the DTP vaccination — a child's first scheduled immunization. Some countries are barely at 50 percent.

News Brief: Trump Urges Repeal Of Obamacare; Turkish Journalists On Trial

8:20am July 25, 2017

President Trump pressures Senate Republicans to keep their promise to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. In Turkey, 17 journalists from the country's oldest independent newspaper go on trial.

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Iran's Enormous Book Garden In Tehran Houses More Than Just Books

7:11am July 25, 2017

Steve Inskeep talks to Bloomberg reporter Golnar Motevalli, who explains why Iran — a country better known for its censorship — has built what it claims is the world's largest bookstore in Tehran.

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Trial Opens For Opposition Journalists In Turkey

6:36am July 25, 2017

by Lauren Frayer

In Turkey, which is in a state of emergency, the purge continues. Seventeen journalists are on trial amid the government's broader crackdown on the media.

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Fox News And 'New York Times' Clash Over Paper's ISIS Reporting

6:36am July 25, 2017

by David Folkenflik

The New York Times and Fox News are engaged in a spat over the cable network's accusations that the paper's reporting in 2015 tipped off an ISIS leader that the U.S. was close to tracking him down.

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Palestinian Muslim worshippers pray outside an entrance to the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City on Sunday. They gathered to protest new Israeli security measures implemented at the holy site following an attack that killed two Israeli polic

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Israel: Metal Detectors Will Be Removed From Jerusalem Holy Site

7:11pm July 24, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

The prime minister's office says security forces will use other technology around a mosque complex where two Israeli police officers were killed. Angry Muslim worshippers prayed next to the machines.

Morning News Brief: Russia Probes, Louisville Clinic Protests

8:16am July 24, 2017

House and Senate investigations into any links between Russia and the Trump campaign continue. Protests erupt outside Kentucky's last clinic that performs abortions.

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Religion

With New Security Measures, Tensions Remain High In Jerusalem's Old City

10:13pm July 23, 2017

by Daniel Estrin

After attackers killed two police officers at a site holy to both Muslims and Jews, Israel installed metal detectors, setting off protests and violence. Israel is now considering alternative security.

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World News

The Call-In: Iraq, Then And Now

8:05am July 23, 2017

We hear from veteran Charles Diamond who served in Mosul, Jane Arraf compares Mosul today to before ISIS, and former Obama administration official Andrew Exum talks about the U.S. military's role.