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Critics Of Tanzania's President Say He's Moved Country Toward Authoritarianism

5:03pm January 04, 2018

by Eyder Peralta

John Magufuli is the reformer Tanzania needs — a no-nonsense guy who has reined in corruption and profligate spending. But Tanzania's president also has a dark side. He has silenced his opposition and eroded basic freedoms of speech and of the press.

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A Not-Quite-Trivial Quiz For National Trivia Day

3:50pm January 04, 2018

by Marc Silver

We pulled some offbeat and surprising facts from Goats and Soda stories. See how much you know about a viral YouTube video from Kenya, the lifestyle of ancient Arctic people and more.

A protester chants slogans against the Iranian government outside the European Union Council in Brussels, Belgium on Wednesday.

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Here's What Makes Iran's Anti-Regime Protests Different This Time

3:37pm January 04, 2018

by Farideh Farhi

The scholar Farideh Farhi examines why this fresh round of Iranian unrest is unlike the others.

Academics and students shout slogans during a protest against the dismissal of academics from universities following a post-coup emergency decree at the Dil ve Tarih Cografya campus of Ankara University last February.

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Turkish Government Crackdown Forces Intellectuals To Flee

3:30pm January 04, 2018

by Samantha Raphelson

Thousands of Turkish academics and other intellectuals are leaving the country amid the government's crackdown on dissent. The mass exodus is fueling a growing brain drain in the country.

Sozcu, a Turkish daily newspaper seen in Ankara, runs Mehmet Hakan Atilla's conviction as front-page news on Thursday.

'Scandalous Decision': How A Turkish Banker's Conviction In U.S. Is Roiling Ankara

12:42pm January 04, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

A federal court in New York City convicted Mehmet Hakan Atilla of participating in a plot to evade U.S. sanctions on Iran — but Turkish leaders are decrying the decision as "unjust and unfortunate."

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Tensions Escalate Between The U.S. And Pakistan

8:48am January 04, 2018

Pakistani relations with the U.S. are at a crisis point. Steve Inskeep talks with Pakistani journalist and Friday Times editor Najam Sethi about where things stand between the countries.

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French President Emmanuel Macron delivers his New Year wishes to the news media at the Elysee Palace in Paris, on Wednesday.

France's Macron Says He Wants Law To Combat Fake News

6:38am January 04, 2018

by Scott Neuman

The French president says that during elections, the law would allow the government to block content deemed to be fake news and would force news websites to disclose their source of funding.

Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn said the goal of the prisoner release and prison shutdown is to "foster national reconciliation."

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Ethiopia Says It Will Free All Of Its Political Prisoners

10:48pm January 03, 2018

It's a turnaround for a government that has cracked down on dissent — and had not even admitted that it held political prisoners. The prime minister said a notorious prison would be closed.

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A Palestinian paints a picture showing President Trump and the sole of a shoe in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday.

Confusion Follows Trump's Tweeted Threat To Cut Aid To Palestinians

7:58pm January 03, 2018

by Michele Kelemen

"Only the devil knows what the president meant by that," Israeli lawmaker Avi Dichter told Israeli radio.

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The pay equity law was passed — perhaps not coincidentally — a year after female candidates won nearly half the seats in Iceland's parliament, which is housed in the Althingishus in Reykjavík.

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Companies In Iceland Now Required To Demonstrate They Pay Men, Women Fairly

6:29pm January 03, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

Pay discrimination was already illegal. But the country's new law, the first of its kind in the world, requires companies with 25 employees or more to certify that they pay employees without bias.