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Rohingya Of Myanmar Remain In Refugee Camps In Bangladesh

8:19am August 11, 2018

by Jason Beaubien

U.N. aid agencies and the government of Bangladesh have criticized Myanmar for delays in offering safe return to the hundreds of thousands of Rohingya who fled their homes in Myanmar last August.

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Where The Streets Have Men's Names (And How To Change That)

8:19am August 11, 2018

A feminist group in the Netherlands, where most streets are named for men, has added the names of prominent women to some streets to raise awareness. Santi van den Toom talks with Scott Simon.

Japanese Medical School Admits To Rigging Entrance Exams To Hurt Women Candidates

11:57pm August 10, 2018

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Reuters reporter Elaine Lies about how a Japan medical school deliberately manipulated entrance test scores to decrease the amount of women who attended.

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Shreyas Royal, a talented young chess player, will be allowed to remain in the United Kingdom with his family, the Home Office has decided.

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9-Year-Old Chess Prodigy Will Be Allowed To Remain In U.K.

8:16pm August 10, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

Shreyas Royal, one of the world's best chess players in his age group, was to be deported after his father's work visa expired. But following outcry, the U.K. government made an exception.

Palestinians receive aid at a United Nations food distribution center in Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip this week.

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Trump May Cut Suspended Aid To Palestinians Soon

6:10pm August 10, 2018

by Daniel Estrin

After freezing millions of dollars in assistance, the Trump administration may be on the verge of formally cutting off the aid.

Face-Off Between U.S. And Turkey Escalates

5:41pm August 10, 2018

by Michele Kelemen

President Trump's ongoing battle with Turkey's president has two headstrong leaders taking an important alliance to the brink. It centers on on the case of a U.S. pastor in Turkey.

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After Saudi airstrikes in Sanaa, Yemen in 2015, people carry the body of a child uncovered from under the rubble. The United Nations has declared Yemen the world's worst humanitarian crisis. When Yemen's war began, Nageeb Alomari decided to bring his wife

A Yemeni-American Wanted To Bring His Family Home. Then Came The Travel Ban.

4:25pm August 10, 2018

by Kelly McEvers

Nageeb Alomari is an American citizen from Yemen. When the civil war started there, Alomari decided to bring his wife and daughters to the U.S. But then President Trump imposed the travel ban.

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Nelson Chamisa addresses a news conference earlier this month in the capital, Harare. On Friday, Chamisa's opposition Movement for Democratic Change filed a legal challenge of the presidential election won by his opponent, incumbent President Emmerson Mna

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Zimbabwe's Opposition Files Legal Challenge To 'Fake' Election Results

2:08pm August 10, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

On Friday the Movement for Democratic Change, opposition candidate Nelson Chamisa's party, filed an objection to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's victory. "We have a good case and cause!!" Chamisa said.

Chinese Hui Muslims pray during Eid al-Fitr prayers at Niujie Mosque in Beijing in 2015. Authorities in western China were poised to begin demolition of a mosque Friday, despite protests by members of the country's Muslim Hui ethnic minority determined to

Thousands Of Muslims Gather In China To Protest Mosque Demolition

1:29pm August 10, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

The brand-new Grand Mosque in Weizhou is slated for destruction. The Chinese government says it lacked the right permits, but worshipers see the demolition as an attack on their faith.

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Airstrikes Have Pounded Yemen And This Time Children Paid The Price

12:43pm August 10, 2018

Rachel Martin speaks with NPR's Ruth Sherlock about another terrible turn in the war in Yemen – with images of bloodied children after an airstrike Thursday that killed dozens.

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