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Prominent Mexican Journalist Joins A Long List Of Those Killed

8:57am May 16, 2018

by Carrie Kahn

A radio news host has been killed in southern Mexico, bringing to at least 32 the number of journalists killed since 2012. Mexico is one of the most dangerous countries in the world for journalists.

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Jailed former opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim gestures before speaking to the media after his return home following his release from hospital in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday following his royal pardon.

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Jailed Malaysian Reformist Anwar Ibrahim Free After Royal Pardon

8:47am May 16, 2018

by Scott Neuman

The release of Anwar, who has served nearly a decade in jail on two separate convictions for sodomy, was less than a week after a stunning election upset by Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.

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Foreign Policy Hot Spots: North Korea And Gaza

7:13am May 16, 2018

NPR's David Greene speaks with Richard Haass, the president of the Council on Foreign Relations, about the latest developments over a proposed North Korea summit and the violence in Gaza.

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The U.S. And The U.K. Royals

7:13am May 16, 2018

Commentator Cokie Roberts answers listener questions and tells NPR's Rachel Martin about the history of relations between the U.S. and the British royal family.

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U.N. Security Council Deeply Divided Over How To Stop Violence In Gaza

11:03pm May 15, 2018

by Michele Kelemen

The U.N. Security Council meets in emergency session a day after 60 Palestinians were killed in Gaza. Israel says the world should be blaming Hamas for provoking the violence.

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European Leaders Discuss How To Preserve Iran Nuclear Deal

11:03pm May 15, 2018

by Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson

Foreign Ministers from the U.K., France and Germany, as well as the European Union's foreign policy chief, are meeting Iran's Foreign Minister in Brussels Tuesday to discuss ways to preserve the Iran nuclear deal despite threatened U.S. sanctions.

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A U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter takes off during annual exercises with South Korea at a U.S. air base in Gunsan, South Korea, in April. North Korea implied the summit with President Trump could be canceled because of the exercises.

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North Korea Implies Summit With Trump Is In Doubt Because Of Military Exercises

9:55pm May 15, 2018

by Elise Hu

North Korea canceled a meeting with South Korea and said the U.S. should think about the fate of the summit "in light of this provocative military ruckus." The U.S. said summit planning continues.

A view of the new bridge linking Russia and the Crimean peninsula prior to its opening ceremony near Kerch, Crimea, Tuesday.

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Putin's Bridge Linking Russia To (Annexed) Crimea Opens

8:56pm May 15, 2018

The Russian leader jumped behind the wheel of an orange dump truck, leading the charge across the 12-mile bridge connecting the two regions for the first time in history.

A pro-Palestinian protester raises her fist at a rally outside the U.S. Consulate General in Johannesburg on Tuesday. The South African demonstrators were just some of those who took to city streets to protest the killing of dozens of people along the Gaz

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After Gaza Killings, World Reacts With Wave Of Condemnations, Calls For Restraint

8:52pm May 15, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

The day after Israeli troops shot dozens dead during protests on the Gaza border, envoys traded barbs at the U.N., countries confronted ambassadors — and Guatemala readied an embassy move of its own.

Teresien da Silva and Ronald Leopold of the Anne Frank Foundation show a facsimile of Anne Frank's diary at a news conference in Amsterdam on Tuesday. Researchers used digital photo editing techniques to uncover text on two pages of the diary, revealing r

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Newly Uncovered Pages From Anne Frank's Diary Reveal Risqué Jokes

6:25pm May 15, 2018

by Sasha Ingber

She covered them up with brown paper while hiding from the Nazis in Amsterdam. But on Tuesday, the texts were revealed.