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Middle East

ICJ orders Israel to allow aid into Gaza as UNRWA workers struggle with looming famine

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to former UNRWA spokesperson Chris Gunnes about distributing aid in Gaza and how aid organizations interact with Hamas in order to do their work.

ICJ orders Israel to allow aid into Gaza as UNRWA workers struggle with looming famine

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Istanbul votes for its mayor today, after a busy campaign season featuring Erdogan

In Turkey's March 31 local elections, the race for the mayor of Istanbul is a marquee event.

Istanbul votes for its mayor today, after a busy campaign season featuring Erdogan

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Government agents raid Peruvian President Boluarte's residence

Police guard outside President Dina Boluarte's house during a raid ordered by the Attorney General's Office aimed at seizing luxury watches as part of a preliminary investigation into alleged illicit enrichment in Lima, Peru, Saturday, March 30, 2024. Martin Mejia/AP hide caption

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The Americas

Government agents raid Peruvian President Boluarte's residence

Peruvian president Dina Boluarte is being investigated for allegedly acquiring an undisclosed collection of luxury watches since becoming vice president in 2021, and then president in 2022.

Saturday

8 decades later, remains of a Virginia sailor killed in Pearl Harbor are identified

David Walker, a sailor killed in the WWII attack on Pearl Harbor, is memorialized at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu. Soon, a rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate that he has been accounted for. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency hide caption

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History

8 decades later, remains of a Virginia sailor killed in Pearl Harbor are identified

David Walker from Norfolk, Va., was 19 years old when Japanese torpedoes sunk his battleship, the USS California, during the surprise attack on the Hawaii naval base in 1941.

Middle East

The U.S. and Israel's relationship is at a contentious balancing point

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Princeton Professor Daniel Kurtzer, a former U.S. ambassador to Israel, about how the relationship between the U.S. and Israel has changed with the war in Gaza.

The U.S. and Israel's relationship is at a contentious balancing point

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Europe

Farmers encircle EU headquarters in tractors to protest agricultural policies

European farmers have staged several protests against agricultural policies recently, the most recent one in Brussels featuring fireworks and liquid manure.

Farmers encircle EU headquarters in tractors to protest agricultural policies

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Middle East

These Israeli military veterans are against Gaza occupation

A group of Israeli military veterans say they know the reality behind their country's occupation of Palestinian territories, and want it to stop.

These Israeli military veterans are against Gaza occupation

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Opinion: Russian Jehovah's Witnesses remain devout despite facing bans

Judge Alla Nazarova attends a hearing in the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation in Moscow on Nov. 25, 2021. Dmitry Serebryakov/AP hide caption

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Opinion: Russian Jehovah's Witnesses remain devout despite facing bans

Russia's ban on Jehovah's Witnesses has led to raids, arrests and imprisonment. NPR's Scott Simon says that the religion the Russian government calls "extreme" would be better described as "devout."

Opinion: Russian Jehovah's Witnesses remain devout despite facing bans

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21 years after her death in Gaza, Palestinians remember U.S. activist Rachel Corrie

A group gathering in Qaryut village southeast of Nablus, West Bank, on March 15, 2015, plant an olive tree as they mark the 12th anniversary of the death of U.S. activist Rachel Corrie, who died when she was crushed by an Israeli bulldozer in the Gaza Strip on March 16, 2003. Nidal Eshtayeh/Anadolu/Getty Images hide caption

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Middle East crisis — explained

21 years after her death in Gaza, Palestinians remember U.S. activist Rachel Corrie

The 23-year-old was crushed by an Israeli army bulldozer as she protested the demolition of homes in Gaza in 2003. Her memory remains cherished among Palestinians, including the family she lived with.

21 years after her death in Gaza, Palestinians remember U.S. activist Rachel Corrie

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Radio Free Asia closes its Hong Kong operation over safety concerns for its staff

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Asia

Radio Free Asia closes its Hong Kong operation over safety concerns for its staff

U.S. government-funded Radio Free Asia is closing its Hong Kong operation after the city enacted a tough new national security law known locally as Article 23.

Friday

What a Hit Chinese TV Show Tells Us About China Today

Visitors take photographs in front of posters of the TV show Blossoms Shanghai at the Peace Hotel, in Shanghai, China, on Friday, Jan. 12, 2024. Director Wong Kar-wai's First TV Series 'Blossoms Shanghai' evokes memories of a more open and optimistic period in China. Qilai Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption

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State of the World from NPR

What a Hit Chinese TV Show Tells Us About China Today

"Blossoms Shanghai" is A 30-part TV series directed by acclaimed Hong Kong filmmaker Wong Kar-wai, set in the 1990's that has become a huge hit in China. Our China correspondent tells us the nostalgia unleashed by the show tells us a lot about how people in China are feeling these days.

What a Hit Chinese TV Show Tells Us About China Today

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Why the U.S. is absent from international seabed mining talks

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In Jamaica, international negotiations are underway over how to govern the mining of precious metals that can help fuel renewable technologies. But the U.S. isn't at the negotiating table.

Why the U.S. is absent from international seabed mining talks

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Europe

Moscow's hostage game with Evan Gershkovich and the U.S. diplomats trying to free him

Evan Gershkovich, the journalist who's been detained in Russia for a year, has become a pawn in a larger game of prisoner swaps. The U.S. has created a special office to deal with hostage diplomacy.

Moscow's hostage game with Evan Gershkovich and the U.S. diplomats trying to free him

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