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What's Behind The Deadly Protests Across Iran?

8:35am January 01, 2018

Ailsa Chang talks to journalist Robin Wright of The New Yorker about the protests that began over economic issues and then turned political. Wright is also a fellow at the Wilson Center.

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Anti-Government Protesters In Iran Risk Violence From Police

8:33am January 01, 2018

In Iran, the last days of 2017 were marked by widespread protests against that country's government. Thousands turned out, and so did the police — who are shown on video beating protestors.

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North Korea Warns Its Nuclear Arsenal Is A Button-Push Away

8:31am January 01, 2018

by Rob Schmitz

In his annual New Year's address, North Korea's leader said his country had completed its nuclear weapons and that the "entire area of the U.S. mainland is within our nuclear strike range."

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China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi (center), Afghanistan's Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani (left) and Pakistan's Foreign Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif (right) speak after the first China-Afghanistan-Pakistan Foreign Ministers' Dialogue in Beijing on De

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Emboldened By A Strengthening Economy, China Flexes Its Diplomatic Muscles

7:47am January 01, 2018

by Anthony Kuhn

China's foreign policy grew increasingly assertive in 2017, but there is debate about the country's capacity for global leadership. Beijing isn't keen to replace the U.S. on the world stage.

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Protesters In Iran Denounce Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

7:26am January 01, 2018

Rachel Martin talks to journalist Ali Noorani, who's with Agence France-Presse, for the latest from Iran, where violent protests have broken out. At least four protesters have been killed.

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Defense Secretary Mattis Expects A Larger U.S. Civilian Presence In Syria

7:26am January 01, 2018

U.S. troops have been in Syria fighting ISIS militants near the border with Iraq. More American diplomats and contractors are headed to Syria to help stabilize areas that have suffered years of war.

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News Brief: North Korea's Nuclear Warning, Iran Protests

7:26am January 01, 2018

North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un warned the U.S. that his country's completed nuclear arsenal is a button-push away. And, anti-government protests have swept across Iran over the last several days.

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Germans Ring In The New Year With 'Dinner For One'

6:28am January 01, 2018

Everyone has their favorite movie for the holidays. In Germany, millions gathered around their TV sets to watch a half-century-old British comedy skit called Dinner for One.

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Transgender Women In Pakistan Demand Equal Rights

6:23am January 01, 2018

by Diaa Hadid

Gays and lesbians live secret lives in Pakistan. But to be a transgender woman there is a different experience. They're mobilizing a movement for equal rights — and scoring victories.

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Hawaiian Airlines Flight Takes Off In 2018 But Lands In 2017

6:02am January 01, 2018

The flight from Auckland, New Zealand, left on Jan. 1, 2018 but when it landed nine hours later in Honolulu, Hawaii, it was Sun. Dec. 31, 2017.