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Injuries Reported Following Strike Near Binyamina, Israel

4 Israeli soldiers killed in Hezbollah drone attack that leaves dozens injured

6:13pm October 13, 2024

The Lebanese militant group targeted an Israeli army base near the central city of Binyamina, in one of the most serious mass casualty attacks the Iran-backed Lebanese militant group has caused in Israel.

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Haiti's Foreign Minister says the country is on the brink of an abyss

5:54pm October 13, 2024

by Rob Schmitz

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Prominent Cambodian journalist charged with incitement

5:35pm October 13, 2024

by Michael Sullivan

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Deep inside a Norwegian fjord, a dream of farming salmon sustainably

10:51am October 13, 2024

In Norway, one man's solution to the threat posed by farmed salmon and the impact on the fjords they swim in.

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How Gulf states might respond to a larger conflict between Iran and Israel

9:58am October 13, 2024

by Ayesha Rascoe

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Mehran Haghirian of the U.K.-based Bourse & Bazaar Foundation about how Gulf Arab states might respond to a larger conflict between Iran and Israel.

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As Israel strikes Hezbollah targets, Lebanese civilians are being displaced

5:46pm October 12, 2024

by Michael Levitt

NPR's Rob Schmitz speaks with Sarah Al-Charif, Lebanon director of the Ruwwad Al-Tanmeya organization, about the displacement that people there are experiencing as a result of Israeli strikes.

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Israel is expected to launch retaliatory strikes against Iran for its missile attack

8:05am October 12, 2024

by Jackie Northam

Israel is weighing its options in retaliation for Iran's latest missile attack

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Israel strikes Beirut apartment building, fires on UN peacekeepers on the border

8:05am October 12, 2024

by Jane Arraf

Israel is ramping up its attacks throughout Lebanon, saying it is striking Hezbollah targets there.

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National Geographic team may have discovered the foot of a famed Mount Everest climber

5:30am October 12, 2024

A National Geographic team found the boot and foot of whom it suspects to be Andrew "Sandy" Irvine, a 22-year-old climber who went missing on Mount Everest a century ago.

What is the U.N. peacekeeping force stationed in Lebanon?

6:22pm October 11, 2024

The mission was created in 1978 to help restore order after Israel's first invasion of Lebanon. Decades later, it's still there but has come under fire during a new Israeli invasion in Lebanon.