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North Korea's Charm Offensive Doesn't Distract From Human Rights Record

6:32pm November 18, 2014

by Michele Kelemen

A UN General Assembly committee that deals with human rights and social issues is expected to vote on a measure that puts Pyongyang on a path toward the International Criminal Court.

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French Authorities Work To Identify Militant In ISIS Video

6:32pm November 18, 2014

by Eleanor Beardsley

One of the Islamist militants identified in the recent beheading video is a 22-year-old Frenchman from Normandy, who locals say had a traditional Catholic upbringing.

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Synagogue Attack Fuels Rising Tensions In Jerusalem

6:32pm November 18, 2014

by Emily Harris

Palestinian attackers killed four people praying in a Jerusalem synagogue, raising fears of increased unrest and violence in the city.

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A jogger goes for a run amid heavy smog in Shanghai on Wednesday. China has for the first time agreed to limit its carbon emissions, but critics are questioning whether the move goes far enough.

China Agrees To Pollution Limits, But Will It Make A Difference?

5:58pm November 18, 2014

by Anthony Kuhn

China has for the first time announced a ceiling to its future carbon emissions. Critics say the commitment is primarily symbolic, and unlikely to have a significant impact in the near future.

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The population of the Syrian city of Douma — a rebel enclave — has dropped from 750,000 to about 250,000 since the start of the Syrian conflict. Photographer Saeed al-Batal (a pseudonym) has captured life in this city under siege. Here, a scene from D

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A Syrian's Struggle To Get By

5:52pm November 18, 2014

We rarely hear from the Syrian civilians trapped by the country's civil war. NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks to a Syrian filmmaker and photographer who describes life in a rebel enclave outside Damascus.

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People react as they stand outside a synagogue on Tuesday in Jerusalem, Israel. Four Israelis were killed and several others wounded in a terrorist attack at the synagogue.

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Toll In Jerusalem Synagogue Attack Rises To 5

5:29pm November 18, 2014

by Eyder Peralta

A police officer injured in this morning's attack died late Tuesday. Of the others killed by the assailants, three were U.S. citizens.

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France Shocked That Frenchman Is A Knife-Wielding ISIS Militant

5:26pm November 18, 2014

by Eleanor Beardsley

Officials confirmed that at least 1 Frenchman appears in a video that shows the beheaded bodies of an American and 18 Syrian soldiers. Maxime Hauchard left France in 2013 to join militants in Syria.

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Hong Kong Authorities Clear Area In Protest Zone

5:25pm November 18, 2014

by Frank Langfitt

Police carried out a court order and peacefully cleared a small section of democracy protesters in downtown. But the bulk of the protest camp remains. The city's protests are nearly 2 months old.

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This month, a doctor gives a measles vaccine to a child in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa.

Measles Still Kills 400 Kids A Day — And It May Be Making A Comeback

4:25pm November 18, 2014

by Nsikan Akpan

The global fight against the disease has stalled, says the World Health Organization. The recession gets some of the blame. And so does the anti-vaccine movement.

Abdul-Rahman Kassig, who was formerly known as Peter, is shown with a truck filled with aid supplies for Syrian refugees. The American aid worker was seized by the Islamic State in October 2013 and subsequently killed by the group, which released a video

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Once Tolerated, Westerners Are Now Targeted By Radical Islamists

2:43pm November 18, 2014

by Greg Myre

The kidnapping and killing of Westerners isn't a new phenomenon in the Middle East. But the last time around, it stopped after just a few years. This time there's no end in sight.