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News Articles: World

"Our problem is not with Israel," Governor of Damascus Maher Marwan, appointed by the new administration in Syria, tells NPR. "We don't want to meddle in anything that will threaten Israel's security or any other country's security."

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New leaders in Damascus call for cordial Syria ties with a resistant Israel

"Our problem is not with Israel. We don't want to meddle in anything that will threaten Israel's security," Damascus Governor Maher Marwan tells NPR. Syria and Israel have never had diplomatic ties.

December 27, 2024
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  • Hadeel Al-Shalchi
South Korean acting President Han Duck-soo speaks at the government complex in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024.

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South Korea's acting president impeached. And, how the 'Beyoncé Bowl' did on Netflix

South Korea's acting president has been impeached less than a month after the impeachment of his predecessor, Yoon Suk Yeol, for imposing martial law. And, how'd the "Beyoncé Bowl" do on Netflix?

December 27, 2024
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  • Brittney Melton
This photograph shows a boat that arrived with 41 people on board, including two minors, on the Canary island of Tenerife in July 2023.

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  • World

More than 10,000 migrants died in 2024 trying to reach Spain by sea, aid group says

The migration route that connects West African nations with the Spanish Canary Islands remains the deadliest in the world, according to a Spanish aid organization.

December 27, 2024
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  • Miguel Macias
South Korean acting President Han Duck-soo speaks at the government complex in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024.

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  • Asia

South Korea's opposition-controlled parliament votes to impeach acting president

The impeachments of the country's president and then acting-president worsen the nation's political turmoil, deepen its economic uncertainty and hurt its international image.

December 27, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Finnish National Police Comissioner Ilkka Koskim'ki attends a press conference in Helsinki, Finland, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024, investigating the electricity transmission between Finland and Estonia through the Estlink 2 connection which was cut on Christmas Day, according to Finnish grid operator Fingrid.

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  • Europe

Finland detains Russia-linked vessel over damaged undersea power cable in Baltic Sea

Finnish authorities detained a ship linked to neighboring Russia that Finnish customs officials and the European Union's executive commission describe as part of Russia's shadow fleet of fuel tankers.

December 27, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Smoke rises from the area around Yemen's Sanaa International Airport following an airstrike on Thursday. The Israeli military reported targeting infrastructure used by the Houthis at the airport, as well as a number of ports and power stations.

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  • Middle East

Israel strikes Houthi targets in Yemen's capital. WHO chief says he was nearby

A round of Israeli airstrikes targeted the Houthi rebel-held capital and multiple ports. The head of the World Health Organization said the bombardment occurred as he prepared to board a flight.

December 26, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh waves to a crowd in Kolkata, India, in 2011.

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Manmohan Singh, India's prime minister from 2004 to 2014, has died

Singh was known as the father of economic reforms in India. He served as finance minister in the early 1990s, and his policies then set India on the path of economic liberalization and globalization.

December 26, 2024
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  • Sushmita Pathak
The wreckage of Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer 190 lays on the ground near the airport of Aktau, Kazakhstan, on Wednesday.<br>

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Investigation begins into the cause of the Azerbaijan Airlines crash

Azerbaijan observed a day of mourning for the victims of the plane crash that killed 38 people and left all 29 survivors injured as speculation mounted about a possible cause of the disaster.

December 26, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Relatives and friends mourn over the bodies of five Palestinian journalists who were killed by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City at the Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah, on Thursday.

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  • Middle East

Israeli strike kills 5 Palestinian journalists in Gaza, officials say

An Israeli strike killed five Palestinian journalists outside a hospital in the Gaza Strip overnight, according to the Health Ministry. The Israeli military said it had targeted a group of militants.

December 26, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
A relative of a victim of a 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami participates in its 20th anniversary at Tsunami Memorial Park at Ban Nam Khem, Takuapa district of Phang Nga province, southern Thailand, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024.

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  • Asia

Mourners mark 20 years since Indian Ocean tsunami that killed some 230,000 people

Triggered by a 9.1 magnitude earthquake off the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, the catastrophic event was the deadliest tsunami in recorded history.

December 26, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Nissan and Honda are in talks for a merger with the goal to complete it by 2026. It's yet another sign of the big changes hitting the auto sector.

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Honda and Nissan consider a merger. And, Russia's Christmas Day attack in Ukraine

Honda and Nissan are in talks over a merger as the auto industry sees two seismic changes. And, Russia violently attacked Ukraine's energy infrastructure on Christmas Day.

December 26, 2024
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  • Brittney Melton
Pope Francis waves before delivering the Urbi et Orbi (Latin for 'to the city and to the world' ) Christmas' day blessing from the main balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2024.

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  • World

Pope urges 'all people of all nations' to silence arms in Christmas address

Pope Francis in his traditional Christmas message urged "all people of all nations" to find courage "to silence the sounds of arms and overcome divisions" plaguing the world, from the Middle East to Ukraine, Africa to Asia.

December 25, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
The wife of a journalist, who was shot during an armed gang attack on the General Hospital, cries as an ambulance arrives with his body, at a different hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Tuesday.

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  • Latin America

A gang attack on a Haitian hospital reopening kills 2 reporters and a police officer

Street gangs forced the General Hospital in Port-au-Prince to close earlier this year. As journalists gathered to cover its reopening, suspected gang members opened fire.

December 25, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
The Transcarpathian Folk Choir performs a song and dance for a music video that they are working on to share their music. Ukraine's St. Miklos Castle, which is now an arts exhibit space, a meeting place and museum for local history, provides the backdrop.

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  • Europe

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 President Vladimir Putin seeks to erase their culture.

December 25, 2024
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  • Catie Dull,
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In this image provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, firefighters put out a fire following a Russian missile attack on the country's energy system in Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine, on Wednesday.

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  • Europe

Russia targets Ukrainian energy infrastructure on Christmas Day

Russia's massive missile and drone barrage struck a thermal power plant and prompted Ukrainians to shelter in metro stations on Christmas morning.

December 25, 2024
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