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Pentagon Officials Review Overall Strategy To Fight ISIS

6:41am February 27, 2017

Rachel Martin talks to Sarah Margon, Washington director of Human Rights Watch about the potential shift in the strategy to fight ISIS. Some worry it may call for expanding the rules of engagement.

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Palestinian Arab Idol TV show winners Yaacoub Shahin (center), Ammar Mohammed (left) and Amir Dandan stand on stage during the final in the pan-Arab song contest on Feb. 25, 2017 at MBC studios in Zouk Mosbeh, north of Beirut.

Seven Fun Facts About 'Arab Idol'

7:50pm February 26, 2017

by Daniel Estrin

The finalists are a Palestinian, a Yemeni and a Palestinian Israeli citizen. The show highlights and erases the region's borders. The Israeli citizen was given an honorary permit to travel to Beirut.

Decades Later, Translation Of Jewish Text Will Open Zohar's Gates To English Speakers

5:34pm February 26, 2017

by Michel Martin

The translation of a rare Jewish text is almost done, thanks to Berkeley scholar Daniel Matt. This May, publishers will release the final volume of the authoritative English translation of the Zohar.

2017 Oscars: Nominations For Documentary Category Upends Genre

5:34pm February 26, 2017

by Michel Martin

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Nina Gilden Seavey, director of the Documentary Center at George Washington University, about what this year's documentary lineup mean for the art and industry.

A man shows a cellphone picture of Alok Madasani, an engineer who was injured in Wednesday's shooting, in front of Madasani's father, Jaganmohan Reddy, in the Indian city of Hyderabad.

After Kansas Shooting, More Than $1 Million Donated For Victims' Families

2:40pm February 26, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

Between three GoFundMe pages, thousands of strangers have opened their wallets for the victims. Still, many in India fear last week's shooting shows the U.S. is now a dangerous place for immigrants.

Mirza Luqman Effendy of Brewphobia in South Jakarta prepares coffee for a cupping session.

Indonesia Wakes And Up And Smells Its Own Coffee — Then Drinks It

1:18pm February 26, 2017

by Anthony Kuhn

Indonesia is the world's fourth-largest coffee producer, exporting more than it consumes. But that's changing, as demand from a rising middle class fuels entrepreneurship and connoisseurship.

Members of Malaysia's hazardous materials team conduct a decontamination operation at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport on Sunday.

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Banned Nerve Agent Killed Kim Jong Nam Within 20 Minutes, Malaysia Says

12:02pm February 26, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

The dose smeared on the face of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un's half-brother was so high, even an antidote may not have been able to save him, according to the Malaysian health minister.

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New Robot Patrols Chinese Airport

8:12am February 26, 2017

The airport in Shenzhen, China has a new intelligent robot trained to carry out security checks. It has facial recognition capabilities and can fire electroshock weapons.

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South Africa Xenophobic Attacks

6:43pm February 25, 2017

Tensions over immigration erupted into violence in Pretoria, South Africa, this week. Reporter Peter Granitz says foreigners are scapegoats for those who are actually upset with the government.

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'The Americans' Showrunners On Writing Cold War-Era Drama Amid New Russian Relations

6:43pm February 25, 2017

Joe Weisberg and Joel Fields, co-showrunners of the acclaimed series "The Americans," about Russian spies in the Washington, D.C., area, look ahead a season amid newly tense times with Russia.

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