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Opposition Calls For Democratic Republic Of The Congo's President To Step Down

8:13am April 12, 2017

by Ofeibea Quist-Arcton

Tensions have been building in the Democratic Republic of the Congo since December, when the president's term ended but elections weren't held. He's still in office and many are angry about that.

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300 Marines To Deploy To Afghanistan

8:13am April 12, 2017

Rachel Martin talks with Marine Brig. Gen. Roger Turner about the U.S. strategy in Afghanistan as the U.S. prepares to send 300 Marines to Helmand province.

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Rohingya Families Flee Persecution And Suffering In Myanmar For Bangladesh

5:38am April 12, 2017

by Michael Sullivan

The United Nations calls the Rohingya the most persecuted people in the world. The Muslim minority group has faced abuse from the Buddhist-majority army in their own homeland of Myanmar.

Morning News Brief: Tillerson In Russia, Spicer's Hitler Remarks, French Election

5:33am April 12, 2017

Matt Bodner of The Moscow Times discusses Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's meeting with officials in Russia. Also, Sean Spicer has apologized for remarks about Hitler and chemical weapons.

U.S. Strike Against Syria Overshadows Rex Tillerson's Visit To Russia

8:38pm April 11, 2017

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Kim Marten, professor of political science at Barnard College and director of U.S. Russian Relations Program at Columbia, ahead of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's visit to Moscow.

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President Trump, joined by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (left), speaks during a bilateral meeting with the Chinese president in Palm Beach, Fla., on April 7.

From Red Lines To Blurred Lines: The Trump Administration's Syria Shift

7:16pm April 11, 2017

by Scott Horsley

Before and after last week's chemical weapons attack, the Trump administration sent conflicting signals about foreign intervention, Russian cooperation and the fate of Syrian President Bashar Assad.

The Borussia Dortmund soccer team bus was damaged by explosion a few miles from the stadium prior to the UEFA Champions League quarter-final football match against Monaco in Dortmund, Germany, on Tuesday.

Three Blasts Go Off Near German Soccer Team Bus, Injuring Player

6:36pm April 11, 2017

by Merrit Kennedy

The blasts went off before Borussia Dortmund's match Tuesday night against Monaco, and the team says defender Marc Bartra is being treated for a broken wrist. Authorities have not identified a motive.

Fighter jets onboard the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson off the disputed South China Sea on March 3. The carrier was recently ordered to "report on station in the Western Pacific Ocean," instead of sailing for Australia as planned.

Trump's Gunboat Diplomacy In Asia May Prove Quite Different From Syria

6:26pm April 11, 2017

by Philip Ewing

President Trump has ordered the U.S. Navy to respond to foreign policy crises twice in less than a week, but his options in North Korea are much narrower than in Syria.

A minivan drives past a portrait of Syrian President Bashar Assad in Damascus last week. U.S. forces fired a barrage of cruise missiles at a Syrian air base Thursday in response to what President Trump called a "barbaric" chemical attack he blamed on the

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U.S. Lays Out Case For Assad's Culpability In Chemical Weapons Attack

5:44pm April 11, 2017

by Camila Domonoske

The White House released a declassified report on the attack in Khan Shaykhun. It says the U.S. is "confident" Syria's Bashar Assad was responsible and that Russia is attempting to deflect blame.

The aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson, pictured in 2011, is part of the Navy strike group that was recently shifted to a position near the Korean Peninsula.

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North Korea Threatens 'Toughest Counteraction' After U.S. Moves Navy Ships

4:53pm April 11, 2017

by Merrit Kennedy

"We will hold the U.S. wholly accountable for the catastrophic consequences to be entailed by its outrageous actions," North Korea said. President Trump said the country is "looking for trouble."