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State Department Official On Iran Deal

5:19am May 09, 2018

President Trump announced that the United States will withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal. Steve Inskeep talks with Andrew Peek, a State Department official who handles policy on Iraq and Iran.

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News Brief: Cohen Allegedly Received Russian Payments, Trump Ends Iran Deal

5:19am May 09, 2018

Michael Cohen may have received hundreds of thousands of dollars in payments from corporate clients and a Russian billionaire. Also, President Trump says the U.S. will withdraw from the Iran deal.

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This 2017 photo shows the man on the right, identified by local Hong Kong media as former CIA agent Jerry Chun Shing Lee, standing in front of a member of security at the unveiling of Leonardo da Vinci's "Salvator Mundi" painting at the Christie's showroo

Former CIA Officer Charged With Spying For China

2:13am May 09, 2018

by Scott Neuman

Jerry Chun Shing Lee left the Central Intelligence Agency in 2007, but in 2012, FBI agents searched his hotel room and found handwritten notes detailing the U.S. network of informants in China.

Mehnaz (center) is one of 12 female lawyers in an administrative district with 700,000 people. There are about 500 male lawyers in the district.

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'I Want Women To Have Rights Like Men,' Says Lawyer In Pakistan's Swat Valley

9:17pm May 08, 2018

by Diaa Hadid

A dozen lawyers are helping other women in the Swat Valley with divorce, custody and inheritance cases. Some of the women lawyers defied the Taliban to study law and continue to endure threats.

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Japan, China And South Korea To Meet For Talks In Tokyo

8:44pm May 08, 2018

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Washington Post reporter Anna Fifield ahead of Wednesday's meeting between leaders of Japan, China and South Korea happening in Tokyo.

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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during his swearing-in ceremony earlier this month, as President Trump and Vice President Mike Pence look on.

'We Hope It All Works Out': Pompeo Pays Surprise Visit To North Korea For Talks

8:06pm May 08, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

Even as President Trump said he's leaving the Iran nuclear deal, he voiced optimism on another deal, as he sent Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to plan a meeting between Trump and Kim Jong Un.

"The fact is this was a horrible one-sided deal that should have never, ever have been made," President Trump said Tuesday from the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House.

Trump: U.S. 'Will Withdraw' From Iran Nuclear Deal

7:36pm May 08, 2018

Reaction was mixed, with Barack Obama calling the move "misguided," Israel praising the president, and Iran and France, Britain and Germany considering the next step.

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Crude Oil Prices Could Increase As U.S. Leaves Iran Nuclear Deal

6:00pm May 08, 2018

by Uri Berliner

Crude oil prices have been rising for months and could climb higher now that the United States is pulling out of the Iran nuclear deal.

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How Nations Across The World Are Reacting To The U.S. Decision To Leave Iran Nuclear Deal

5:03pm May 08, 2018

by Peter Kenyon

Iran and the world react to President Trump's announcement about that the United States will leave the Iran nuclear deal.

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President Trump Announces U.S. Will Withdraw From Iran Nuclear Deal

4:38pm May 08, 2018

by Michele Kelemen

President Trump announced Tuesday his decision to pull the United States out of the multi-country deal to Iran nuclear deal that is meant to restrict Iran's nuclear program.