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In Viennese Media Center, Iranian Journalists Dance Delicately Around Pitfalls

9:40am June 28, 2015

by Peter Kenyon

Western reporters are working alongside Iranian media during numerous rounds of nuclear talks — the latest of which are taking place this week. What does their work tells us about Iran's culture?

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Ukraine's Double Woes: War And Runaway Inflation

9:40am June 28, 2015

by Corey Flintoff

Beyond the battlefront in the east, the Ukrainian government is fighting a war to reform a monumentally corrupt, dysfunctional economy. For now, Ukrainians seem willing to weather 60 percent inflation.

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The Air Products industrial gas factory in Saint-Quentin Fallavier, France, shown on Saturday, a day after the attack.

Police Question Suspect In Lyon Factory Beheading

7:50pm June 27, 2015

by Scott Neuman

The man, identified as a 35-year-old truck driver at the plant, reportedly took a "selfie" with the victim's body and sent it to an unidentified mobile phone number in Canada.

This image, which is taken from a website associated with the self-declared Islamic State, purports to show Tunisian gunman Seifeddine Rezgui.

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Tunisia IDs Beach Resort Assailant As 23-Year-Old Aviation Student

3:54pm June 27, 2015

by Scott Neuman

Prime Minister Habib Essid also said that most of the tourists killed at the Imperial Marhaba Hotel in Sousse were British tourists.

People stand in a line to use the ATMs of a bank in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki on Saturday after the country's prime minister announced a snap referendum on an international bailout â pushing Athens toward a Tuesday deadline for a plan t

Greece Slouches Toward Default As Germany Rules Out Further Debt Talks

3:54pm June 27, 2015

by Scott Neuman

Germany says that there will be no more negotiations after the Greek premier called for a nationwide referendum on a bailout plan. Meanwhile, fearful Greeks are withdrawing their euros.

Turkish Kurds watch from the Turkish side of the border Friday as smoke rises in Kobani, Syria. Since last year, the town has seen control seesaw between Kurds and Islamic State militants.

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Kurds Reportedly Retake Kobani From ISIS Fighters

3:16pm June 27, 2015

by Scott Neuman

Mere days ago, militants with the self-declared Islamic State had captured the town for the second time this year.

A religious activist is carried away by police after he tried to stop a gay pride parade in Seoul last year. Christian activists are planning to disrupt the parade again this year.

A Showdown Looms At South Korea's Gay Pride Parade

2:30pm June 27, 2015

by Elise Hu

In Seoul, a parade that has gone on for 15 years is at the heart of a bitter standoff between organizers and Christian activists. Church groups threaten to stop the parade — in the name of God.

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Migrants In Calais, France, Try To Jump Aboard U.K.-Bound Trucks

2:18pm June 27, 2015

by Eleanor Beardsley

European leaders met this week to find a solution to the masses of migrants flooding the continent. Unrest broke out in Calais, France, as migrants tried to board United Kingdom-bound trucks.

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Right-Wing Extremists More Dangerous Than Islamic Terrorists In U.S.

1:55pm June 27, 2015

NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with Peter Bergen, vice president and director of studies for The New America Foundation, about its new study on homegrown terrorism.

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Dennis van Berkel, an attorney with the Dutch environmental group Urgenda, stands on an earthen berm on the outskirts of Amsterdam. The water is higher than the land on the other side of the berm. A Dutch court ruled in favor of Urgenda on Wednesday, sayi

The Dutch Ruling On Climate Change That Could Have A Global Impact

1:52pm June 27, 2015

by Ari Shapiro

A Dutch court hands environmentalists a big victory with potential global repercussions, ordering the government to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent.

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