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Protesters Gather Outside U.S. Embassy In Baghdad

9:36am December 31, 2019

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Kurdish journalist Hiwa Osman and Farhad Alaaldin, of the Iraqi Advisory Council, about protests against U.S. airstrikes on bases belonging to an Iranian-backed militia.

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Bad Weather Worsens Wildfires In Western Australia

8:37am December 31, 2019

NPR's Noel King talks to Alex White, a reporter for the Herald Sun in Melbourne, about hundreds of fires that have been burning for several months in four states in Australia.

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Facing Financial Misconduct Trial, Ex-Nissan Chief Flees Japan For Lebanon

6:33am December 31, 2019

Former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn is taking refuge in Lebanon. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Washington Post Tokyo Bureau Chief Simon Denyer about what has happened since Ghosn's 2018 arrest.

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DOJ's Attempts To Fight Chinese Espionage Get Little Attention

6:28am December 31, 2019

by Ryan Lucas

The Mueller investigation and the impeachment inquiry dominated headlines in 2019 — overshadowing the Justice Department's efforts on another national security front: combating Chinese espionage.

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Anti-Government Protesters In Haiti Vow To Resume Demonstrations In 2020

6:03am December 31, 2019

by Carrie Kahn

The U.N. and Vatican have tried to broker talks between Haiti's president and the opposition. Protesters are on holiday break, but promise to go back onto the streets on New Year's Day.

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News Brief: Hanukkah Stabbing, China Threat, Australian Wildfires

6:01am December 31, 2019

Federal hate crime charges are filed against Hanukkah stabbing suspect. Justice Department says China poses a continuing danger to national security. And, Australians grapple with ongoing brush fires.

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Fighters from the Kataeb Hezbollah militia inspect the destruction of their headquarters on Monday in the aftermath of a U.S. airstrike in Qaim, Iraq.

Iraq Condemns U.S. Airstrikes Against Iranian-Backed Militia

6:56pm December 30, 2019

by Merrit Kennedy

The Iraqi government has condemned the strikes as an attack on Iraqi sovereignty. The militia says at least 25 of its fighters were killed. Iraq said it would summon the U.S. ambassador.

People line up to vote in a referendum on Bougainville's independence from Papua New Guinea, in the region's interim capital of Buka Town, on Nov. 25. The pro-secession vote won a landslide victory, although the vote is nonbinding. Now Bougainville's lead

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Trying To Form The World's Newest Country, Bougainville Has A Road Ahead

6:47pm December 30, 2019

by Ashley Westerman

After voting overwhelmingly for independence, the South Pacific island group now has to negotiate its separation with Papua New Guinea's government.

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U.S. Faces Criticism In The Middle East, After Launching Airstrikes In Iraq And Syria

5:12pm December 30, 2019

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Renad Mansour, a Middle East analyst with Chatham House, about regional reaction to U.S. air strikes targeting an Iran-backed militia.

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North Korea To Open Tourist Resort, But Experts Think It Will Be A Waste Of Money

5:12pm December 30, 2019

by Anthony Kuhn

North Korea is planning to open a world-class tourist resort on its southeast coast next year, to prove it can thrive under sanctions. Experts predict it will be a huge waste of money.