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Asylum-Seeker Barred From Entering Australia Wins Its Richest Literary Prize

Behrouz Boochani, a Kurdish-Iranian journalist and asylum-seeker, won two prestigious Australian literary prizes for his debut, a book composed in text messages sent from a detention center on Manus Island. Hoda Afshar hide caption

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Book News & Features

Asylum-Seeker Barred From Entering Australia Wins Its Richest Literary Prize

Behrouz Boochani, who has been detained offshore since 2013, had to compose his debut using WhatsApp messages. Now, that book has earned him the Victorian Prize for Literature

Former Venezuelan Diplomat Discusses Current Political Turmoil

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with former Venezuelan Ambassador Milos Alcalay about the country's political turmoil. Alcalay served in the Venezuela diplomatic corps for 35 years until 2004.

Former Venezuelan Diplomat Discusses Current Political Turmoil

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Juan Guaidó Claims Police Raided His Home As He Struggles To Consolidate Power

Opposition leader Juan Guaidó talks to the press as he holds his daughter, Miranda, next to his wife, Fabiana Rosales, outside his home in Caracas on Thursday. Federico Parra/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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The Americas

Juan Guaidó Claims Police Raided His Home As He Struggles To Consolidate Power

Juan Guaidó accuses Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro of sending police to intimidate his family. The U.S.-backed opposition leader seeks to oust Maduro and replace him as interim president.

Middle East

World Health Organization Sounds Alarm About Dire Conditions As Syrians Flee Conflict

The World Health Organization says 29 children have died as their families fled from fighting to a camp in northeastern Syria. Most have died from exposure to cold on the trip or at the camp.

World Health Organization Sounds Alarm About Dire Conditions As Syrians Flee Conflict

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Venezuela's Opposition Leader, U.S. Embark On Risky Strategy For Military Uprising

The U.S. government and Venezuela's self-proclaimed interim president are calling on the military to withdraw support for Maduro's government. But fomenting a coup could bring unexpected consequences.

Venezuela's Opposition Leader, U.S. Embark On Risky Strategy For Military Uprising

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National Security

Former U.S. Ambassador Says Withdraw From Afghanistan Is Surrender

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Ryan Crocker, former U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, about why Crocker thinks the American plan to withdraw from Afghanistan is surrender.

Former U.S. Ambassador Says Withdraw From Afghanistan Is Surrender

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National Security

Questions Remain After North Korea Says It Will Dismantle Nuclear Weapon Fuel Sites

The U.S. special representative for North Korea says Kim Jong Un and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo agreed in October that North Korea will dismantle its facilities that make fuel for nuclear weapons.

Questions Remain After North Korea Says It Will Dismantle Nuclear Weapon Fuel Sites

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Business

Does The U.S. Or China Have More Leverage In Ongoing Trade Talks?

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with former China trade negotiator Amy Celico about who has the upper hand in the current round of trade talks, China or the U.S.

Does The U.S. Or China Have More Leverage In Ongoing Trade Talks?

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U.S. Court Orders Syria To Pay $300 Million For Killing Of Journalist Marie Colvin

A U.S. court has ordered the Syrian government to pay $300 million for killing American journalist Marie Colvin in 2012. Colvin is seen here in London in 2010. Arthur Edwards/WPA Pool/Getty Images hide caption

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Middle East

U.S. Court Orders Syria To Pay $300 Million For Killing Of Journalist Marie Colvin

The judge ruled that Colvin was killed by Syria and "targeted because of her profession, for the purpose of silencing those reporting on the growing opposition movement in the country."

Technology

Could Chinese Telecom Giant Huawei Put U.S. Cyber-Security At Risk?

Fresh Air

NY Times reporter David Sanger says the world's leading producer of telecom equipment will be central to the spread of a global 5G network — which could pose a major threat to U.S. national security.

Could Chinese Telecom Giant Huawei Put U.S. Cyber-Security At Risk?

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Opinion: Here's Why U.S. Aid To Palestinians Needs To Continue

A construction worker saws steel rods at the site of a school that was funded by the United States Agency for International Development in the Palestinian village of al-Jabaa, in the West Bank, on Jan. 22. Hazem Bader/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Opinion

Opinion: Here's Why U.S. Aid To Palestinians Needs To Continue

Former U.S. Ambassador to Israel Daniel B. Shapiro and Washington Institute for Near East Policy senior fellow Dana Stroul warn of the consequences of cutting U.S. assistance.