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Why So Many Iraqis Are Discouraged By Their Country's Upcoming Election

4:44pm May 09, 2018

by Jane Arraf

Iraqis fought hard for the right to vote and millions will do so in a parliamentary election this weekend. But their faith in democracy is being tested by political corruption and mismanagement.

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EU Ambassador To The U.S. Reacts To Trump's Decision To Leave Iran Nuclear Deal

4:44pm May 09, 2018

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Ambassador David O'Sullivan, the European Union's ambassador to the U.S., about President Trump's decision to withdraw the United States from the Iran nuclear deal.

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Former Iranian Nuclear Negotiator Weighs In On U.S. Decision To Leave Nuclear Deal

4:44pm May 09, 2018

A former Iranian nuclear negotiator, Seyed Hossein Mousavian, weighs in on how President Trump's withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal is playing out in that country.

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President Trump Expected To Greet 3 Americans Released From North Korea

4:44pm May 09, 2018

by Michele Kelemen

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is on his way back from North Korea with three U.S. detainees who were released.

President Trump displays his presidential memorandum reinstating nuclear sanctions on Iran at the White House on Tuesday.

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U.S. To 'Prod' And 'Cajole' Allies To Stop Doing Business With Iran, Official Says

4:04pm May 09, 2018

by Steve Inskeep

"We're certainly going to be pushing and asking and cajoling them to disinvest, absolutely," State Department official Andrew Peek tells NPR. The U.S. withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal on Tuesday.

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A transgender woman named Shabnam applies makeup before stepping out onto Lahore's streets to beg for money. On Tuesday, Pakistani lawmakers passed legislation that gives transgender people fundamental rights.

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Pakistan Passes Historic Transgender Rights Bill

3:15pm May 09, 2018

by Sasha Ingber

The act, which parliament passed on Tuesday, allows citizens to choose their gender and to receive protection from discrimination in places such as work, school and hospitals.

An overturned tanker full of chocolate spills its goods across a highway outside Slupca, Poland.

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Sugar Crash: After Tanker Flips, Chocolate Bars Traffic On Polish Highway

1:34pm May 09, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

A truck carrying tons of liquid chocolate flipped over on a highway Wednesday, leaving sweet stuff to congeal on the asphalt. Happily, there's video — though it's a bit grosser than you might imagine.

People watch a TV news report in Seoul, South Korea, on May 3, as the screen shows portraits of three Americans detained in North Korea: Kim Dong Chul (left) Tony Kim and Kim Hak-song (right). Three American prisoners in North Korea were released into U.S

North Korea Releases 3 Americans As Pompeo's Visit Concludes

1:03pm May 09, 2018

by Bill Chappell

The former captives, believed to be three Americans of Korean descent, are traveling with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and will arrive back in the U.S. early Thursday.

A health worker walks at an Ebola quarantine unit last June in Muma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, after a case of Ebola was confirmed in the village.

Congo Declares New Ebola Outbreak After 2 Confirmed Cases

11:35am May 09, 2018

by Scott Neuman

At least 17 people showing signs of hemorrhagic fever died in the country and a later analysis from samples taken in the region confirmed that at least two people had contracted Ebola.

Afghan residents look on near the site of a blast in the Shar-e-Naw area of Kabul on Wednesday.

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Suicide Bombers In Kabul Attack Multiple Police Stations

11:03am May 09, 2018

The Islamic State claimed responsibility for one of the blasts. The explosions hit the Shar-e-Naw district, home to many embassies, and a heavily Shiite district.