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News Articles: World

A man documents destroyed buildings at the site of an Israeli airstrike in Beirut's southern suburb, Lebanon, on Tuesday.

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  • Middle East

Lebanon's government urges international community for support amid Israel’s invasion

Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati said his country was facing “one of the most dangerous phases of its history” amid Israel’s ground incursion into southern Lebanon, which began late Monday.

October 01, 2024
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By:
  • Ruth Sherlock and
  • Rebecca Rosman
Tanks and troops gather in northern Israel on Monday in preparation for a ground invasion.

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  • Middle East

Israel begins ground offensive in Lebanon

The Israeli military pressed its ground incursion into southern Lebanon on Tuesday, calling the operations “limited incursions” that are targeting Hezbollah militants.

October 01, 2024
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By:
  • Daniel Estrin,
  • Kat Lonsdorf,
  • and 2 more
Rescuers work at the site of a bus that caught fire, carrying young students with their teachers, in suburban Bangkok on Tuesday.

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  • Asia

More than 20 students and teachers are feared dead in Thailand school trip bus fire

A bus carrying young students and their teachers on a school trip caught fire in suburban Bangkok, leaving more than 20 feared dead, officials and rescuers said.

October 01, 2024
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Claudia Sheinbaum campaigning during the election.

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  • Latin America

5 things to know about Mexico's first female president

Claudia Sheinbaum is a 62-year old environmental scientist who left academia on a political trajectory that took her from a local mayor, to running Mexico City, to winning the presidency with nearly 60 percent of the vote.

October 01, 2024
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By:
  • Emily Green
Japan's outgoing Prime Minister Fumio Kishida stops as media members asked him to make a comment before he leaves the prime minister's office in Tokyo Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024.

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  • Asia

Japan’s parliament elects Shigeru Ishiba as prime minister

Ishiba, who chosen as the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's new leader on Friday, replaces Fumio Kishida who stepped down after his government was dogged by multiple scandals.

October 01, 2024
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Ruling party presidential candidate Claudia Sheinbaum addresses supporters at the Zocalo, Mexico City's main square, after the National Electoral Institute announced she held an irreversible lead in the election, June 3, 2024.

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  • Latin America

Claudia Sheinbaum to be sworn in as the 1st female president of Mexico

The 62-year-old scientist turned politician campaigned on a promise to protect an expanded social safety net and fight for the poor like her predecessor, but she faces many pressing problems.

October 01, 2024
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Israeli soldiers are deployed in the Upper Galilee region of northern Israel near the border with Lebanon on Sunday.

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  • Middle East

Israel conducts ground raids in southern Lebanon ahead of a larger possible invasion

Israeli commandos are currently conducting a raid inside southern Lebanon, and there are indications that Israel may send more forces into the area, a senior U.S. official told NPR.

September 30, 2024
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By:
  • Daniel Estrin
At an LGBTQ+ shelter in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Oct. 7, 2022, a volunteer lights a candle during a vigil for Ahmad Abu Markhiya, a 24-year-old Palestinian man who was found decapitated in the West Bank city of Hebron.

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  • World

An NPR investigation: A murder in Hebron

Was the murder of a young Palestinian man in the West Bank an anti-gay hate crime? NPR identifies the accused killer and explores the parallel systems of justice that have yet to resolve this case.

September 30, 2024
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By:
  • Daniel Estrin and
  • Nuha Musleh
GPB  NPR

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  • News

Historic flooding strands hundreds in North Carolina. And, Hezbollah leader mourned

Tropical storm Helene has left western North Carolina with catastrophic damage from historic flooding to a loss of power for thousands. And, Lebanon mourning the loss of Hezbollah leader.

September 30, 2024
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By:
  • Brittney Melton
A worker packs a leather jacket in an Amazon India shipping bag at a workshop in the Dharavi area of Mumbai, India, on Jan. 5, 2022.

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  • Asia

Amazon India workers say they're overworked and mistreated during a brutal heat wave

Amazon India says it ensures breaks and worker safety, but workers tell NPR they're pressured not to stop for water or to use the toilet, especially while processing same-day orders.

September 30, 2024
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By:
  • Diaa Hadid and
  • Omkar Khandekar
A fire engine ladder extends up a building that was hit in an apparent Israeli airstrike, in central Beirut early Monday, Sept. 30, 2024.

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  • Middle East

An airstrike hits a Beirut residential building as Israel expands attacks in Lebanon

The first apparent Israeli airstrike on central Beirut in nearly a year of conflict leveled an apartment building early Monday. It came after Israel hit targets across Lebanon and killed dozens of people.

September 30, 2024
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By:
  • The Associated Press
In this aerial image of the Kathmandu valley, Bagmati River is seen flooded due to heavy rains in Kathmandu, Nepal, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024.

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  • Asia

Flooding deaths in Nepal approach 200 as recovery work is stepped up

The number of people killed by flooding and landslides triggered by heavy rainfall over the weekend in Nepal has reached 193, while 31 people were still reported missing.

September 30, 2024
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Herbert Kickl, leader of the Freedom Party of Austria, celebrates with supporters, in Vienna on Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024, after polls closed in the country's national election.

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  • Europe

Austrian far-right party wins national vote but its chances of governing are unclear

The Freedom Party on Sunday secured the first far-right national parliamentary election victory in post-World War II Austria. But political rivals have said they won’t work with the party's leader.

September 30, 2024
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By:
  • The Associated Press
 A portrait of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah sits amid destruction in a area targeted overnight by Israeli airstrikes in Saksakiyeh on Sep. 26, 2024.

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  • World

From pager blasts to Nasrallah’s killing: 12 days that transformed a bloody conflict

NPR steps back and takes a closer look at the days leading up to the killing of Hezbollah's leader. Experts say this development has transformed an already complex and deadly conflict.

September 29, 2024
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By:
  • Kat Lonsdorf and
  • Itay Stern
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin is pictured at the U.S. Naval Academy on Aug. 6 in Annapolis, Md.

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  • World

The Pentagon says it wants to prevent Iran from spreading the conflict in the Middle East

After Israel killed Hezbollah's leader, the U.S. says it wants to stop Iran from "exploiting the situation or expanding the conflict."

September 29, 2024
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By:
  • Chandelis Duster and
  • Tom Bowman
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