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OECD Nations Agree To Cut Funding For Overseas Coal Power Plants

7:20pm November 18, 2015

by Camila Domonoske

Less than two weeks before climate talks in Paris, the U.S., Japan and other wealthy countries have reached agreement on one carbon-cutting issue: limiting financing for coal-burning power plants.

Paris Attacks Highlight Struggle To Stop Terror Plots Against 'Soft Targets'

7:14pm November 18, 2015

NPR's Ari Shapiro interviews Andrew Liepman, senior policy analyst at the RAND Corporation. He was also a Middle East specialist for over 30 years in the CIA and the former principal deputy director of the National Counterterrorism Center. He talks about how tactics to prevent terrorism attacks have changed since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks from protecting hard targets to soft targets. The Paris attacks illustrate how impossible it is to protect all possible soft targets such as restaurants and cafes.

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A French sailor checks a Super-Etendard fighter jet on the deck of France's nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle before it leaves its home port of Toulon on Wednesday. France has deployed its aircraft carrier in the eastern Mediterranean to

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Russia Says It's Planning Joint Anti-ISIS Operations With France

7:03pm November 18, 2015

"With the arrival of the Charles de Gaulle warship to the Syrian shore we will organize joint military operations," a senior Russian officer says.

Paris Police Still Working To Identify Bodies Recovered In St. Denis Raid

7:02pm November 18, 2015

by Dina Temple-Raston

French police hoped to find key suspects in the Paris attacks through the raid of an apartment in the suburb of St. Denis. Authorities are still working to identify at least two bodies recovered.

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U.S., French, Russian Airstrikes Continue To Attack ISIS Targets In Syria

6:59pm November 18, 2015

by Tom Bowman

Russian, French and U.S. warplanes continue to attack ISIS targets inside Syria. But despite an increase in resolve since Friday's attacks in Paris and vows by President Obama to "intensify" operations, there has been no new coordination between the U.S.-led coalition and the Russians.

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Supporters of a pro-democracy group, Bersih (Clean), march in Malaysia's capital Kuala Lumpur on Saturday. The group was protesting alleged corruption at the top levels of government. President Obama is set to visit and meet the embattled prime minister,

Malaysian Leader Faces Corruption Scandal As He Prepares To Meet Obama

6:40pm November 18, 2015

by Elise Hu

Malaysia's leader is at the center of a swirling scandal involving millions — if not billions — in missing money. It's complicating a crucial U.S. relationship in Southeast Asia.

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Syrian boys herd sheep near a refugee camp in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley.

Barring Syrian Refugees From The West Would Be Bad For The Middle East

6:25pm November 18, 2015

by Jason Beaubien

Millions of Syrians are crowding into Jordan and Lebanon as well as Turkey. Aid efforts there are already at the breaking point.

Global Gender Gap Is Closing In Many Areas, But Not Fast Enough, Study Says

6:05pm November 18, 2015

by Jim Zarroli

Annual rankings by the World Economic Forum suggest that women still lag men in many measures of economic participation and political power. The U.S. has fallen in the rankings since last year.

Jeb Bush Calls For Use Of Ground Troops In Fight Against ISIS

5:13pm November 18, 2015

by Don Gonyea

Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush delivered a national security speech Wednesday at the Citadel in South Carolina. NPR reports on his remarks and looks at how the other GOP contenders are responding to the attacks on Paris.

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Boko Haram Kills 30 In Nigeria As Ex-Official Arrested For Embezzlement

4:32pm November 18, 2015

by Ofeibea Quist-Arcton

As more than 30 people die in a Boko Haram bombing Tuesday, the Nigerian government arrests a former security adviser for allegedly embezzling $2 billion earmarked to fight the terrorists.