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Death Toll Rises In Istanbul; Airport Reopens Hours After The Attack

11:17am June 29, 2016

by Leila Fadel

The death toll from Tuesday night's attack rose to more than 40 people. Authorities say the violence was carried out by three suicide bombers armed with guns and explosives.

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Music & Culture

In Pakistan, A Well-Known Musician Killed In A Targeted Attack

9:10am June 29, 2016

by Oluwakemi Aladesuyi

Amjad Sabri was gunned down on Wednesday in Karachi, Pakistan. He was famous for Qawwali tradition and came from one of South Asia's most celebrated singing families.

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Carnage And Panic Abound During Attack At Istanbul's Busy Airport

8:00am June 29, 2016

ISIS is suspected in Tuesday's attack at Istanbul's airport. David Greene talks to Erin Cunningham of The Washington Post and Omer Taspinar of the National War College and the Brookings Institution.

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Dozens Killed In Attack On Istanbul's International Airport

6:26am June 29, 2016

by Peter Kenyon

Three suicide bombers struck Istanbul's Ataturk International Airport Tuesday night. Turkey's prime minister said officials suspect the attack was committed by extremists loyal to ISIS.

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Why ISIS Would Be Motivated To Strike Inside Turkey

6:23am June 29, 2016

Dozens of people were killed during an attack on Istanbul's main airport on Tuesday. Steve Inskeep talks to terrorism expert Henri Barkey of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.

People wait outside the Ataturk airport in Istanbul, where dozens have died in an attack on Tuesday.

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Attack At Istanbul's International Airport Kills More Than 30 People

8:47pm June 28, 2016

by Bill Chappell

Several videos have emerged that show security-camera footage of the attack. In one, dozens of people flee just before a fiery blast hits the check-in area.

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Benghazi Committee Faults Military Response To 2012 Attack

1:58pm June 28, 2016

by Brian Naylor

The 800-page report follows a lengthy and politically contentious investigation that had thrust Hillary Clinton's tenure as secretary of state into the spotlight.

World News

Iraqi Forces Defeat Islamic State In Fallujah

6:30pm June 27, 2016

NPR's Kelly McEvers speaks with Loveday Morris, Baghdad bureau chief for the Washington Post, about the latest on the offensive by Iraqi forces in Fallujah.

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Israeli security forces inspect the crime scene in Jaffa after a Palestinian stabbed and killed an American on March 8. The attacker was shot and killed by a volunteer policeman.

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For Israel's Volunteer Police, Many Powers But Little Oversight

5:23pm June 26, 2016

by Emily Harris

Most of the police you see on the streets in Israel are actually citizen volunteers. They outnumber the country's 30,000 professional officers.

During Ramadan In Cairo, It's Eat, Pray, Drum

5:23pm June 26, 2016

by Leila Fadel

Drummers travel Cairo's streets every morning during the Ramadan holiday month and wake people for their pre-dawn meal. NPR's Leila Fadel went along with one of them.