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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attends a summit in Beijing on Monday. He'll travel to Washington on Tuesday to meet with President Trump and discuss strategy for the fight against terrorism in Syria, which has divided the two countries.

Turkish Leader Visits Trump Looking For 'New Beginning' With U.S. Despite Obstacles

8:29am May 16, 2017

by Miles Parks

President Trump has shown warmth toward Turkey's authoritarian leader, but a military decision last week puts the two countries completely at odds.

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2 Turks Have Different Views Of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Rule

8:21am May 16, 2017

by Peter Kenyon

On Tuesday, President Trump hosts Erdogan, who once inspired hope in the West that Turkey could be a democratic model for the Muslim world. But many believe he's building an authoritarian system.

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News Brief: Trump Accused Of Sharing Classified Data, Iran Election Preview

8:21am May 16, 2017

Reports suggest President Trump revealed classified information about ISIS to Russian officials at a White House meeting. A view from Iran ahead of the country's presidential election later this week.

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Syria Has Covered Up Prison Executions By Burning The Bodies, U.S. Says

6:33am May 16, 2017

by Michele Kelemen

The Trump administration says a building at a Syrian prison is where thousands of bodies have been burned. The assertion is an attempt to persuade Russia to rein in Syrian President Bashar Assad.

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Psychologist Phil Tetlock thinks the parable of the fox and the hedgehog represents two different cognitive styles. "The hedgehogs are more the big idea people, more decisive," while the foxes are more accepting of nuance, more open to using different app

The Fox And The Hedgehog: The Triumphs And Perils Of Going Big

9:00pm May 15, 2017

The parable of the fox and the hedgehog tells us that there are some who are guided by one big idea. That's the story of Don Laub, a surgeon whose single-mindedness was his triumph, and his downfall.

This image — taken via satellite in January 2015 — depicts what the State Department says is the crematorium at Saydnaya prison, including snowmelt on the facility's roof that acting Assistant Secretary of State Stuart Jones says is proof of the build

Syria Has Been Burning Bodies To Hide Prison Executions For Years, U.S. Says

7:21pm May 15, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

"We believe that the building of a crematorium is an effort to cover up the extent of mass murders taking place" in a military prison outside Damascus, a State Department official said Monday.

Mexican journalist Javier Valdez speaks at the International Book Fair in Guadalajara, Mexico, in 2016. He was killed by a gunman on Monday.

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Mexican Journalist Who Covered Drug Trade Gunned Down In Sinaloa

6:36pm May 15, 2017

by Camila Domonoske

Javier Valdez was one of Mexico's most respected journalists. A correspondent for the national newspaper La Jornada, he reported on drug trafficking, from a state controlled by cartels.

Trump Disclosed Highly Classified Information To Russian Officials

5:40pm May 15, 2017

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Greg Miller of The Washington Post about his reporting that President Trump revealed highly classified information to the Russian foreign minister and ambassador last week.

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Ransomware Attacks Begin To Stabilize After Compromising Networks Worldwide

5:40pm May 15, 2017

by Aarti Shahani

The volume of ransomware attacks is slowing or stabilizing around the world, according to government officials and security experts. And the amount of ransom paid out by victims is relatively small — just tens of thousands of dollars. But the scope of the attack in more than 100 countries is still massive, its disruptions are widespread, and the weaknesses it exposed in computer systems can only be described as frightening.

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Trump's Meeting With Turkey's Erdogan Could Signal Turning Point In Relations

5:40pm May 15, 2017

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Aaron Stein, senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, about President Trump's upcoming meeting with Turkish president Erdogan and the future of U.S.-Turkey relations.

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