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Rep. Elise Stefanik, Republican from New York, testifies on Jan. 21 before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on her nomination to be ambassador to the United Nations.

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  • Politics

Trump's pick for U.N. ambassador is Elise Stefanik. Here's what to know

Elise Stefanik was a key defender of then-President Donald Trump during his impeachment proceedings and she later grilled university presidents over what she described as antisemitism.

January 21, 2025
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  • Michele Kelemen
This family photo shows Ryan Corbett holding rabbits with his daughter Miriam and son Caleb in Kabul, Afghanistan in 2020.

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  • World

Taliban announce release of two Americans held in Afghanistan in a prisoner exchange

Afghanistan's Taliban government announced on Tuesday the release of two Americans in a prisoner exchange.

January 21, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Debra Tice, the mother of American journalist Austin Tice, who went missing in Syria in 2012, speaks during a press conference in Damascus, Syria, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025.

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  • Middle East

Austin Tice's mother returns to Syria in search for son

For the first time in a decade, Debra Tice, the mother of missing American journalist, Austin Tice, returns to Syria to find news of her son.

January 20, 2025
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  • Emily Feng
Prince Harry is suing Rupert Murdoch's British tabloids, saying they illegally obtained personal information about him over many years. He has blamed the media, and particularly Murdoch's papers, for an increasing divide among the royal family.

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  • Media

Prince Harry's case against Rupert Murdoch's British tabloids goes to trial

A trial begins Tuesday over complaints filed by Prince Harry and a senior British lawmaker against Rupert Murdoch's tabloid newspapers. The trial carries high stakes on both sides of the Atlantic.

January 20, 2025
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  • David Folkenflik
People displaced by violence in towns across the Catatumbo region, where rebels of the National Liberation Army, or ELN, have been clashing with former members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, arrive for shelter at a soccer stadium in Cúcuta, Colombia, on Sunday.

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  • Latin America

At least 80 people killed in northeast Colombia as peace talks fail, official says

Officials said the attacks happened in the Catatumbo region near the border with Venezuela, following the government's failed attempts to hold peace talks with the National Liberation Army.

January 20, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
A freed Palestinian prisoner is greeted after their release from an Israeli jail as part of a hostages-prisoners swap and a ceasefire deal in Gaza between Hamas and Israel, in Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank Jan. 20, 2025.

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  • World

Photos: Families reunite as the Israel-Hamas ceasefire takes effect

After 15 months war, a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took effect on Sunday morning.

January 19, 2025
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  • Majd Al-Waheidi and
  • Virginia Lozano
The three released Israeli hostages, who had been abducted during the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks by Palestinian militants, exit a van before boarding an Israeli Air Force military transport helicopter near Reim in southern Israel on Jan. 19 as part of a ceasefire deal.

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  • Middle East

First Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners freed in ceasefire deal with Hamas

Israel released 90 Palestinian prisoners and detainees in exchange for three Israeli hostages held in Gaza as part of the ceasefire deal that went into effect this morning.

January 19, 2025
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  • Jerome Socolovsky and
  • Kat Lonsdorf

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  • World

Social Videos: Far from the front lines, Ukrainians fight a war to preserve their culture

In the Transcarpathia region, some locals embrace a traditional lifestyle and cultural identity. After surviving Soviet threats, now they fear Russian President Vladimir Putin seeks to erase their culture.

January 19, 2025
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  • Catie Dull

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  • Middle East

33 hostages are expected to be released by Hamas as part of a ceasefire with Israel

There are men, women and children on the list of 33 to be released from Gaza. Two are U.S. citizens. Israel is set to free hundreds of prisoners in exchange for them.

January 19, 2025
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  • NPR Staff
Displaced Palestinians leave parts of Khan Younis as they go back to their homes in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, on Sunday.

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  • Middle East

Gaza ceasefire begins after delay as Hamas names hostages to be released Sunday

A long-awaited ceasefire in Gaza began after a three-hour delay as Hamas named the three female hostages it plans to free later on Sunday.

January 19, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Demonstrators hold torches as they gather during a protest calling for the release of all hostages held captive by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, in Tel Aviv, Israel on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025.

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  • Middle East

Deadline passes without Gaza ceasefire going into effect

The deadline for the start of a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip passed as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Hamas had provided the names of the three hostages it was set to release on Sunday.

January 19, 2025
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Police officers stand guard as supporters of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol try to enter the Seoul Western District Court in Seoul on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025.

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  • Asia

South Korean court orders formal arrest of President Yoon over martial law decree

South Korea's impeached president, Yoon Suk Yeol, faces possible imprisonment over his declaration of martial law last month. The formal arrest comes days after he was apprehended.

January 18, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Members of the citizen forum including doctors walk in a rally protesting a rape and murder of a resident doctor in a government hospital early August, in Kolkata, India, on Oct. 1, 2024.

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  • World

In India, a police volunteer is convicted of rape and murder of a trainee doctor

A court found a police volunteer guilty of the rape and murder of a 31-year-old trainee doctor, a crime that sparked protests and hospital strikes amid concerns over lack of safety for women.

January 18, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Edan Alexander

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  • Middle East

These are the U.S. citizens held hostage in Gaza

Seven of the nearly 100 hostages held in Gaza are U.S. citizens, several of whom are confirmed dead.

January 18, 2025
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  • NPR Staff
Hanan Zarura, a master craftswoman of Palestinian tatreez embroidery, with a jacket she's been making at her workshop in the Palestinian refugee camp of Shatila, in Beirut, Lebanon.

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  • Middle East

In Lebanon, these Palestinian refugees sew designs from a homeland they've never seen

In a workshop in an infamous refugee camp in Beirut, Palestinian women practice an ancient art form — as a livelihood, and also as therapy. The designs come from a homeland most have never seen.

January 18, 2025
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  • Lauren Frayer
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