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Protests In Iran After Government Says It Shot Down Plane

8:24am January 12, 2020

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks to Abas Aslani, editor-in-chief of the Iran Front Page, about reaction in Iran to the military's admission that it accidentally shot down a passenger plane there.

Much of New South Wales, Australia, including the Sydney Opera House, lay under a shroud of smoke Thursday. The state remains under severe or very high fire danger warnings as more than 60 fires continue to burn within its borders.

Australia's Wildfires Are Releasing Vast Amounts Of Carbon

8:16am January 12, 2020

by Nathan Rott

The Australian bushfires are emitting huge amounts of climate warming carbon into the atmosphere. Normally, new vegetation that grows back would recapture it, but that may be changing.

Fires Threaten Australia's Economy

7:59am January 12, 2020

by Jim Zarroli

Australia's devastating wildfires are now threatening key parts of the country's economy, like farming and tourism.

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Mourners gathered for a candlelight vigil Saturday in Iran's capital, Tehran, to remember the victims of the Ukrainian plane crash.

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Iran's 'Unforgivable Mistake' Downing Jet Elicits Furor At Home And Abroad

5:56pm January 11, 2020

by Colin Dwyer

After many denials, Iran's admission that it accidentally downed a Ukrainian plane was cautiously embraced by world leaders as a "step forward." Back in Tehran, protesters' reaction was far angrier.

Tsai Ing-wen's victory is a sign that Beijing's efforts to co-opt Taiwan's political and commercial institutions instead mobilized a younger, more pro-independence electorate.

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Rebuking China, Taiwan Votes To Reelect President Tsai Ing-wen

5:51pm January 11, 2020

by Emily Feng

More than 8 million voters cast their ballots for Tsai, who defeated a populist mayor running on a platform of closer ties to Beijing.

Omani Sultan Qaboos bin Said, seen during a 2010 ceremony in Muscat, died at the age of 79 after suffering for years from an undisclosed illness. After a half-century reign, he has been succeeded by Haitham bin Tariq Al Said.

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Omani Sultan Qaboos, Who Ruled Oman For Half A Century, Dies At 79

12:44pm January 11, 2020

by Colin Dwyer

The long-serving monarch named his successor, Haitham bin Tariq Al Said, who was sworn in as sultan Saturday. Under Qaboos, the tiny Middle Eastern state took on an outsize role in regional diplomacy.

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Iran Says It Shot Down Ukrainian Plane By Mistake

12:16pm January 11, 2020

by Jackie Northam

Officials in Iran say the country's armed forces mistakenly shot down the civilian plane Wednesday, killing 176 people on board.

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U.S. soldiers keep watch near the wreckage of their vehicle at the site of a Taliban suicide attack in Kandahar in August 2017.

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2 U.S. Troops Killed By Taliban Bomb In Southern Afghanistan

11:53am January 11, 2020

by Samantha Raphelson

The soldiers were killed when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb planted by the Taliban in Kandahar province. Two other U.S. troops were wounded in the attack.

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Iran Admits To Shooting Down Plane

8:26am January 11, 2020

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Abas Aslani, editor-in-chief of the Iran Front Page, about reaction inside Iran.

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Aid For Syria Threatened At U.N.

8:26am January 11, 2020

by Deborah Amos

Aid for millions of Syrians is at risk as Russia is trying to block it at the U.N. Security Council. It's part of Russia's alliance with the Syrian regime.

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