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The Pentagon says many of the ISIS fighters targeted in Wednesday's strike escaped from the former ISIS stronghold of Sirte, shown here during fighting in September.

U.S. Stealth Bombers Strike ISIS Training Camps In Libya

12:14pm January 19, 2017

by Merrit Kennedy

The Pentagon said the two ISIS training camps housed fighters who had escaped their former stronghold in Sirte, on Libya's central coast. It added that militants there were planning attacks in Europe.

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U.S. Ambassador Leaves S. Korea Focused On Protecting U.S. Allies

6:04am January 19, 2017

Rachel Martin speaks with outgoing U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert. He departs at a time of domestic uncertainty and a newly emboldened North Korea.

Jay Y. Lee, vice chairman of Samsung, arrives at the Seoul Central District Court on January 18. A judge said there wasn't enough evidence for his arrest on bribery charges.

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Samsung Head Avoids Arrest On Bribery Charge, But He's Not In The Clear

3:57am January 19, 2017

by Elise Hu

Judges in Seoul said early Thursday there was insufficient cause to arrest the head of South Korea's most powerful conglomerate. But he's not exonerated.

One of the 8,400 remaining U.S. troops in Afghanistan guards the bay of a CH-47 Chinook transport helicopter as it flies near Kabul.

After 8 Years Of Unbroken War, Obama Hands Over Conflicts To Trump

8:16pm January 18, 2017

by David Welna

President Obama is the first president to serve eight years with the U.S. at war nonstop, from beginning to end. Donald Trump now inherits ongoing conflicts in Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Thomas Graham, a former U.S. diplomat and the managing director of Kissinger Associates, Inc., says the focus when dealing with the Kremlin should be on "opening diplomatic channels and reducing the risk of unwanted confrontation."

How To Salvage U.S.-Russia Relations: One Expert's Take

7:48pm January 18, 2017

by Lucian Kim

"At this point, we're being manipulated by the Russians at very little cost to them. Things pop up, and we go into a frenzy," Thomas Graham of Kissinger Associates tells NPR in a rare interview.

After Years Of War, Trump Stands To Inherit Ongoing Conflicts

6:33pm January 18, 2017

by David Welna

President-elect Trump will inherit ongoing conflicts with no end in sight when he takes the oath of office — a brutal fight against the Islamic State and a never-ending stalemate in Afghanistan.

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Russians Await Donald Trump's Inauguration With Anticipation

5:40pm January 18, 2017

by Lucian Kim

Russians have been counting the days until Donald Trump is sworn in as the next U.S. president. Officials, and official television, have been blasting the Obama years and looking forward to improved ties.

Obama Grants Clemency To Puerto Rican Fighter Oscar Lopez Rivera

5:40pm January 18, 2017

by Maria Hinojosa

Among the dozens of people granted clemency by President Obama on Tuesday was Oscar Lopez Rivera. Depending on who you ask, he is either a freedom fighter or a terrorist.

The train, which began its journey in Yiwu, China, pulls into a rail freight terminal on Wednesday in London, after traveling for 16 days — across about 7,456 miles and nine countries.

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China's First Freight Train To The U.K. Rolls Into London

5:16pm January 18, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

The train, which traveled nearly 7,500 miles, marks a milestone in China's intended revival of the centuries-old Silk Road trade routes linking East and West.

Nigerian Funk Musician William Onyeabor Dies At 70

4:32pm January 18, 2017

NPR's Kelly McEvers talks to Uchenna Ikonne, a Nigerian music scholar, about Onyeabor's career and how he turned his back on music to become a born-again Christian in the 1980s.