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Pompeo Is In Turkey Looking For Answers To Khashoggi's Disappearance

8:35am October 17, 2018

by Peter Kenyon

Secretary of State Pompeo meets with the Turkish foreign minister to talk about missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was last seen entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.

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Reporter Details Alleged Abuses By The Charity More Than Me

8:35am October 17, 2018

Rachel Martin talks to investigative journalist Finlay Young about his stories in ProPublica and Time magazine, on reports of child sex abuse and mismanagement at the More Than Me charity in Liberia.

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Mohammed Amin shows a picture of his 7-year-old daughter, Zainab Ansari in January.

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Pakistan Executes 'Serial Killer' Who Raped And Murdered 7-Year-Old Zainab Ansari

8:11am October 17, 2018

by Emily Sullivan

Zainab's death triggered rioting in Pakistan and was reported throughout the world. Her murderer, Mohammad Imran, was reportedly hanged in the presence of Zainab's father.

A New Surge Of Ebola Cases Suspected In Congo

6:26am October 17, 2018

by Nurith Aizenman

Ebola has been spreading throughout an eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo for more than two and a half months. An emergency committee of the WHO is meeting Wednesday to advise.

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Nobel Winner Nadia Murad Puts A Voice To Yazidi Minority's Message

5:56am October 17, 2018

Noel King talks to Murad, a 2018 Nobel Peace Prize winner, who's working to eliminate sexual violence as a weapon of war. In 2014, she was taken captive by ISIS for three months before escaping.

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5:08am October 17, 2018

Trump again defends Saudi rulers against allegations they had a role in a journalist's disappearance. The federal deficit jumped 17 percent over a year ago. Ebola infections surge in Congo.

A planter trims medicinal marijuana plants in Ontario in 2016. After months of preparation, Canada legalized recreational use of the drug on Wednesday.

It's Legal. In Canada, Recreational Marijuana Gets Green Light

2:44am October 17, 2018

by Emily Sullivan

Pot sales begin today in Canada, which is only the second country after Uruguay to legalize the drug for recreational use.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets Tuesday with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the capital Riyadh. They discussed the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who vanished two weeks ago during a visit to the Saudi Consulate

Once A Regional Stabilizer, Saudi Arabia Becomes A Disrupter

11:30pm October 16, 2018

by Greg Myre

Saudia Arabia has long seen its role as keeping the turbulent Gulf region steady and calm. But under Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the kingdom has become far more aggressive.

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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo shakes hands with Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Tuesady.

Pompeo Arrives In Saudi Arabia To Discuss Khashoggi Disappearance

8:37pm October 16, 2018

by Emily Sullivan

President Trump dispatched Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to the kingdom amid international tension over the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

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#MeToo Movement Gathers Force In India

6:32pm October 16, 2018

A year after sexual assault allegations against Harvey Weinstein catapulted #MeToo into a national movement in the U.S., women in India are using Facebook and Twitter to tell their stories.