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News Articles: World

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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  • 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
A woman reads the Quran at the site of the assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut's southern suburbs, Sunday.

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  • Middle East

IDF prepares to invade southern Lebanon as 2 more Hezbollah leaders are presumed dead

At least 11 people were killed in the latest Israeli airstrikes, according to Lebanon’s National News Agency. The Israeli military, meanwhile, says it’s preparing for a ground invasion into southern Lebanon.

September 29, 2024
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By:
  • Rebecca Rosman
Demonstrators hold pictures of Hassan Nasrallah, late leader of the Lebanese group Hezbollah, during a protest vigil in the southern Lebanese city of Sidon on Saturday.

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  • Middle East

Hezbollah leader's killing sparks joy and rage across the Middle East

President Biden called the killing of Hassan Nasrallah "a measure of justice for his many victims," while Iran's supreme leader condemned what he called an Israeli massacre in Lebanon.

September 29, 2024
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By:
  • Daniel Estrin,
  • Ruth Sherlock,
  • and 3 more
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

Death toll in Nepal flooding reaches at least 100, dozens still missing

Dozens were still reported missing as landslides continued across the mountainous country.

September 29, 2024
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, speaks to the crowd in a rare public appearance during Ashura, that marks the death of Shiite Islam's Imam Hussein, in the suburbs of Beirut, on Nov. 14, 2013. Nasrallah has been killed in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut.

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  • Middle East

Who was Hassan Nasrallah, the Hezbollah leader killed by Israel?

Under his leadership, Hezbollah, funded by Iran, became one of the most powerful militias in the Middle East, boasting a military force stronger even than the Lebanese army.

September 28, 2024
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By:
  • Hadeel Al-Shalchi
Supporters of the Iranian-backed Hezbollah group raise their fists and cheer as Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah appears via a video link, during a Nov. 3, 2023, rally in Beirut to commemorate Hezbollah fighters who were killed in South Lebanon while fighting against the Israeli forces.

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  • Analysis

Analysis: Hassan Nasrallah’s killing transforms an already deadly regional conflict

With Hassan Nasrallah dead in Israeli airstrikes, the Iran-backed militant group is facing enormous challenges as the region is yet again thrown into uncertainty.

September 28, 2024
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By:
  • Daniel Estrin,
  • Ruth Sherlock,
  • and 1 more
Supporters listen to Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah via a video link during a ceremony to mark the first week since the killing of Hezbollah's top commander Fuad Shukr on August 6 in Beirut. The militant group on Saturday confirmed Nasrallah had been killed following Israeli airstrikes.

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  • Middle East

Hezbollah confirms its top leader was killed after Israeli airstrikes

The militant group confirmed the death of its longtime leader Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut. The development marks a significant escalation many fear is inching towards a larger regional war.

September 28, 2024
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By:
  • Willem Marx
Smoke rises from Israeli airstrikes in Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024.

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  • Middle East

Israel strikes Hezbollah in blast targeting the militant group's leader

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was said to be the target of the strikes, but it was not immediately clear if he was at the site when they happened.

September 28, 2024
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Smoke rises from Israeli airstrikes in Beirut, seen from Baabda, Friday.

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  • Middle East

Israel says it struck Hezbollah's headquarters as huge explosions rocked Beirut

The Israeli military said it carried out an airstrike on the headquarters of Hezbollah in Beirut, shortly after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the United Nations.

September 27, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu hold signs as he addresses the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly on Friday.

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  • Middle East

Netanyahu defies calls for a cease-fire at the U.N., as Israel strikes Lebanon

In a fiery speech at the United Nations General Assembly, the Israeli prime minister said his country would is "winning" and would attack Iran and its proxies anywhere in the Middle East.

September 27, 2024
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By:
  • Willem Marx
People displaced by floods rest at a relief shelter in Mohipal, Feni, a coastal district in southeast Bangladesh on August 23.

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  • Asia

Severe floods causing health problems in south Bangladesh

The worst floods that Bangladesh has seen in decades occurred in August, displacing millions. Many people are still struggling to rebuild their lives and find sources of income.

September 27, 2024
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By:
  • Shamim Chowdhury
Immigrants from Haiti, who crossed through a gap in the U.S.-Mexico border barrier, wait in line to be processed by the U.S. Border Patrol on May 20, 2022 in Yuma, Arizona.

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  • World

Migrants from around the world are trying to reach the U.S. via charter planes

The Biden administration accuses charter companies of collaborating with global smuggling networks.

September 27, 2024
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By:
  • Emily Green
Shigeru Ishiba speaks before a runoff election at the Liberal Democratic Party's (LDP) leadership election on Friday, at the party headquarters in Tokyo.

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  • Asia

Former Defense Minister Ishiba will become Japan's Prime Minister next week

Japan's ruling party on Friday picked former defense minister Shigeru Ishiba as leader, setting him up to become prime minister next week.

September 27, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
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