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People gather by a banner welcoming people near the rubble of a collapsed building along Gaza's coastal al-Rashid Street for people to cross from the Israeli-blocked Netzarim corridor from the southern Gaza Strip into Gaza City on Sunday.

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  • Middle East

Israeli troops fire on displaced Palestinians hoping to return to homes, killing 2

Meanwhile, close to the Israeli border in southern Lebanon, Israeli troops opened fire on protesters who were urging them to pull back from the area.

January 27, 2025
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By:
  • Willem Marx
South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol attends the fourth hearing of his impeachment trial over his short-lived imposition of martial law at the Constitutional Court in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025.

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  • Asia

South Korean prosecutors indict impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over martial law

South Korean prosecutors on Sunday indicted impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol on rebellion in connection with his short-lived imposition of martial law.

January 26, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
UN armoured personnel carriers deploy outside Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025.

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  • Africa

International peacekeepers killed as fighting rages around eastern Congo's key city

Fighting with M23 rebels in eastern Congo has left at least 13 peacekeepers and foreign soldiers dead. M23 has made significant territorial gains in recent weeks, encircling the eastern city of Goma.

January 26, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
A man sits in the rubble of his destroyed home in Rafah as Palestinians return to the southern Gaza Strip city for the first time in months, after Israeli troops withdrew to the border, Jan. 20.

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  • World

Palestinians in Gaza return to find their city in ruins after Israeli troops withdraw

With a ceasefire agreement pausing the war between Israel and Hamas, Israeli troops have withdrawn from Gaza city centers. For the first time in eight months, NPR got a glimpse of Rafah this week.

January 25, 2025
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By:
  • Anas Baba
The U.S. has accused an Israeli private investigator of orchestrating a hacking campaign that targeted American climate activists. Extradition hearings for the private investigator, Amit Forlit, were held at Westminster Magistrates' Court in London.

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  • Climate

The U.S. is trying to unravel a hacking plot that targeted climate activists

The U.S. claims the hacking was commissioned by a lobbying firm working on behalf of one of the world's biggest oil companies.

January 25, 2025
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By:
  • Michael Copley
Four Israeli hostages stand on a stage before Hamas fighters hand them over to a team from the Red Cross in Gaza City on Saturday.

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  • Middle East

Hamas releases 4 more hostages as part of ceasefire agreement with Israel

Four female soldiers taken hostage on Oct. 7, 2023 by Hamas were handed over to the International Committee of the Red Cross in Gaza on Saturday morning, and then transferred to the Israeli military.

January 25, 2025
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By:
  • Jerome Socolovsky and
  • Willem Marx
A fighter with Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the group that led the overthrow of the Assad regime, stands on the terrace of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's family villa outside Latakia. After the Assad regime fell last month, the family's properties were left abandoned. One of those was the Assad summer home, with a private beach on the Mediterranean.

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  • World

Once off-limits to Syrians, Assad's former summer residence now attracts tourists

The summer home of ousted leader Bashar al-Assad was once off-limits to ordinary Syrians. Now people are lining up to visit and wandering around the rooms — which are empty after being looted.

January 25, 2025
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  • Hadeel Al-Shalchi
The remains of an ice skating facility destroyed after strong winds tore the structure apart are pictured in Blanchardstown, Ireland, Friday, Jan.24, 2025, as Storm Eowyn hit the island.

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  • World

Ireland and UK clean up after storm brings record winds and damage

Work was underway to remove hundreds of trees blocking roads and railway lines in the wake of the system, named Storm Éowyn by weather authorities.

January 25, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
A poster of Taliban Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada is seen along a road in Kabul. He is one of two leaders named in proposed arrest warrants for their treatment of girls and women since taking power in 2021.

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  • Global Health

Arrest warrant proposed for Taliban leaders for gender-based crimes

The International Criminal Court, a U.N. agency, has to approve the warrants. They've been condemned by the Taliban and welcomed by Afghan women and their advocates — with some reservations.

January 24, 2025
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  • Ruchi Kumar
The European Court of Human Rights, located in Strasbourg, eastern France, said the French woman should not be at blame for her divorce because she refused sexual relations with her husband.

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  • World

French woman who refused sex with husband not to blame for divorce, rights court says

Europe's top human rights court ruled the woman's right to respect for private and family life had been violated when French courts found her solely at fault for her divorce because she withheld sex.

January 24, 2025
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  • Manuela López Restrepo
Lebanese citizens return to their homes heavily damaged by Israeli attacks, after Israeli forces withdraw from the area in An-Naqoura, Lebanon, on Thursday.

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  • Middle East

Lebanese long to return to war-damaged homes, but Israeli troops remain — for now

Lebanese residents waiting to return to their villages say the Israeli military has destroyed nearly everything.

January 24, 2025
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  • Emily Feng and
  • Jawad Rizkallah
The National Zoo's first giant pandas, Ling-Ling and Hsing-Hsing, play in their yard in 1974 as onlookers watch.

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  • Animals

The debut of new pandas in D.C. marks the latest chapter in China's 'panda diplomacy'

Friday's debut of new pandas at the National Zoo in D.C. is the latest chapter in a long tale of "panda diplomacy" between China and the rest of the world.

January 24, 2025
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  • Rachel Treisman
From left: Liri Albag, 19; Karina Ariev, 20; Daniella Gilboa, 20; and Naama Levy, 20, are the hostages identified by Hamas to be released next from captivity in Gaza.

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  • World

Hamas has named the next 4 hostages it will release as part of ceasefire with Israel

All four hostages are female Israeli soldiers. They are expected to be released Saturday in accordance with a ceasefire agreement with Israel that's halted fighting in the Gaza war since last weekend.

January 24, 2025
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  • Jerome Socolovsky
One man talks to another man on March 8, 2020, through a makeshift barricade wall built to control entry and exit to a residential compound in Wuhan, Hubei, China.

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  • Author Interviews

5 years after Fang Fang recorded Wuhan lockdown, 2 of her books are being translated

Chinese author Fang Fang posted notes online while being quarantined in Wuhan. They became Wuhan Diary. She talks with us about two more of her books now coming to English readers.

January 24, 2025
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  • John Ruwitch
Ichiro Suzuki looks on before a game between the Seattle Mariners and the St. Louis Cardinals on April 21, 2023 in Seattle, Wash. Suzuki was elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame Tuesday following his stellar career.

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  • News

When Ichiro retired, his records felt 'small' compared to the emotional moments

Ichiro Suzuki's career was full of hitting streaks, All-Star Games and Gold Glove awards. But all that paled compared to moments with fans like his farewell at the Tokyo Dome in 2019, he said.

January 23, 2025
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  • Becky Sullivan
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