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Reflecting On Three Years In Jerusalem

4:25pm July 26, 2016

NPR's Emily Harris reviews the past three years in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, which have been marked by a lack of serious peace talks and new, sometimes extreme, approaches by both sides.

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Three Dead After Attack On French Church; The Islamic State Claims Responsibility

4:25pm July 26, 2016

Two men attacked a church in Normandy, France, Tuesday morning during Mass. They took five people hostage and killed a priest before French police shot and killed them. The Islamic State claimed responsibility.

Solar-Powered Plane Completes Historic Circumnavigation

4:25pm July 26, 2016

The Solar Impulse 2 landed in Abu Dhabi, where its journey began 17 flights ago in March 2015. Alternating with another pilot, Bertrand Piccard flew around the world with no fuel.

A French police officer stands guard by Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray's city hall after a priest was killed and hostages taken at a church in the small town on Tuesday. Police say they killed two hostage-takers in the attack in the Normandy town, 77 miles nort

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2 Men Take Hostages, Kill Priest In French Church; Attack Claimed By ISIS

4:13pm July 26, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

Two men attacked a church near Rouen during Tuesday Mass, killing an elderly priest before being shot to death by police. One of the assailants had tried to travel to Syria and was under surveillance.

Two sisters, Majda (left) and Amina Belaroui, answered the call to volunteer for the French military reserves following the recent terrorist attack in Nice. But Majda refused to remove her headscarf and hijab, as required under a French law. Amina didn't

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French Army Asks Citizens To Enlist — But No Muslim Headscarves, Please.

3:55pm July 26, 2016

by Daniel Estrin

Two sisters, devout Muslims and French patriots, wanted to help the military in the wake of a terrorist attack. They were told they had to remove their headscarves. So what did they do?

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull speaks at the government offices in Sydney on July 10. On Tuesday, Turnbull called for an investigation into allegations that teenagers were abused at a juvenile detention center in the northern part of the count

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Disturbing Images Of Juvenile Prisoners Being Abused In Australia

1:49pm July 26, 2016

by Rebecca Hersher

Australia's prime minister asked for an investigation into how teenage prisoners are treated after a national news program broadcast video of young people hooded and shackled.

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Priest Killed In Attack On Church In Northern France; ISIS Blamed

11:12am July 26, 2016

A pair of knife-wielding attackers stormed a church, killing a priest and taking hostages before police intervened. Renee Montagne talks with the Wall Street Journal's Noemie Bisserbe in Paris.

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When the Solar Impulse 2 airplane arrived in Spain from New York last month, it was greeted by the Spanish Eagle Patrol.

Sun-Powered Airplane Completes Historic Trip Around The World

11:07am July 26, 2016

by Bill Chappell

"This is not only a first in the history of aviation; it's before all a first in the history of energy," Swiss pilot Bertrand Piccard says. His plane flew more than 26,700 miles without using fuel.

Pakistani cyclists ride past a wall image of late Sufi musician Amjad Sabri alongside a street in Karachi on June 27, 2016.

After His Assassination, A Pakistani Artist's Family Keeps His Song Alive

11:06am July 26, 2016

by Philip Reeves

The famed qawwali singer Amjad Sabri was shot down last month in Karachi, Pakistan, apparently by the Taliban. The vocalist's family is pledging to keep his home a refuge of, and for, music.

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The mother of Fabiana Flosi, seen here with her husband, Formula One racing chief Bernie Ecclestone, has reportedly been kidnapped in Brazil. Flosi and Ecclestone are seen here in 2014, after a court proceeding in Germany.

Formula One Boss Bernie Ecclestone's Mother-In-Law Is Kidnapped In Brazil

9:32am July 26, 2016

by Bill Chappell

Reports of an abduction in Brazil are sending shock waves through the sporting world, as the mother-in-law of the billionaire who runs Formula One is apparently being held for ransom.