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One of the U.K.-controlled islands, Diego Garcia, is home to a major U.S. military base.

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U.N. Court Says U.K. Must Give Up Control Of Chagos Islands

6:24pm February 25, 2019

by Merrit Kennedy

The U.K. expelled the residents of the Indian Ocean islands and allowed the U.S. to build a military base. The U.N. Court says it must cede control of the islands "as rapidly as possibly."

Demonstrators throw stones at a line of Venezuelan National Guard troops along Venezuela's border with Brazil, at the Brazilian city of Pacaraima on Sunday.

Pence On Venezuela: 'We Will Keep Standing With You Until ... Libertad Is Restored'

5:41pm February 25, 2019

by Sasha Ingber

"The struggle in Venezuela is between dictatorship and democracy," U.S. Vice President Pence said in Colombia. He was there to support Juan Guaidó, who has declared himself Venezuela's interim leader.

Controversial Serena Williams Cartoon Ruled 'Non-Racist' By Australia's Press Council

5:16pm February 25, 2019

by Amy Held

The cartoon, published last September in Australia's Herald Sun, sparked a fierce backlash, with critics calling it a sexist and racist caricature of the tennis star.

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Pence Meets With Opposition Leader Juan Guaido

4:33pm February 25, 2019

In Colombia, Vice President Mike Pence meets with the man the U.S. is backing in an effort to oust Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.

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Former Envoy To North Korea For Human Rights Issues On Trump-Kim Summit

4:33pm February 25, 2019

As President Trump heads to another summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to former State Department envoy Robert King about North Korea's human rights record.

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Tokyo And Seoul: Fears And Hopes For Second Trump-Kim Summit

4:33pm February 25, 2019

by Anthony Kuhn

The U.S.'s main allies in Asia — South Korea and Japan — are carefully watching the second Trump-Kim summit in Hanoi. Both hope for a good deal that leads to denuclearization but are concerned that a bad one might emerge.

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Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland, by Patrick Radden Keefe

'Say Nothing' Is A Timely Warning That Ireland's Old Wounds Are Easily Opened

2:12pm February 25, 2019

by Paddy Hirsch

New Yorker writer Patrick Radden Keefe excels at exposing the past as he tells the story of Jean McConville, a mother of 10 who disappeared after masked men abducted her during Ireland's Troubles.

German prosecutors accuse Ron Cohen, CEO of gun manufacturing company Sig Sauer, of colluding with Sig Sauer's sister company in Germany to export pistols to Colombia in direct violation of Germany's export rules.

CEO Of U.S. Gun-Maker Faces Jail In Germany

1:55pm February 25, 2019

by Todd Bookman

A decade after Sig Sauer inked a deal to sell up to $306 million worth of pistols to Colombia's National Police, company CEO Ron Cohen is facing jail time in Germany for making the sale.

Satellite image of the Yongbyon Nuclear Research Center in North Korea, taken on Feb. 19

On Eve Of 2nd Trump-Kim Summit, Is North Korean Reactor Producing Plutonium?

10:50am February 25, 2019

by Geoff Brumfiel

Days before President Trump and Kim Jong Un are to meet in Vietnam, satellite images show no river ice downstream from the key North Korean facility at Yongbyon — a sign the reactor may be running.

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Trump To Meet North Korea's Leader At Summit In Vietnam

7:45am February 25, 2019

by Ayesha Rascoe

President Trump meets this week with North Korea's Kim Jong Un in Vietnam. Trump says talking to Kim has moved them away from the brink of war. But has it moved Kim any closer to denuclearization?

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