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About half of Gaza's southern area of Rafah is under Israeli evacuation orders as aid groups race to assist those fleeing.
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A profile of a small frontline newspaper that has been reporting on Ukrainian POWs released from captivity in Russia.
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The Department of Homeland Security is proposing a new rule the agency says would speed up review of asylum claims — and deportation — process at the Southern border.
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In Sweden, tens of thousands of people are demonstrating against Israel participating in the Eurovision song contest due to the country's actions in Gaza.
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Israel's closure of the main border crossing with Gaza has trapped American medical teams in Rafah while aid officials report an ever worsening crisis. Doctors have to decide who lives and who dies.
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The case against the ex-Spanish soccer federation head who kissed player Jenni Hermoso without consent is going to trial, a judge ruled. Three others will be tried for allegedly pressuring Hermoso.
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Investigative journalist Daniel Ojukwu has been arrested by police and held without charge for over a week, drawing criticism from advocacy groups over a worsening climate for independent journalism.
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The U.S. will stop shipments of bombs or artillery shells if Israel presses its offensive against Hamas into the crowded city of Rafah in southern Gaza, President Biden said.
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The war that began last year has killed thousands of people and caused a great displacement crisis. In al-Fasher, one of the regional capitals of Darfur, there are reports of attacks on civilians.
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Could China act as a mediator between Russia and Ukraine? NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Yun Sun, director of the China Program at the Stimson Center.
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President Biden would halt weapons shipments if Israel invades Rafah. House Speaker Johnson survives leadership threat. GOP lawmakers grill leaders of three public school districts about antisemitism.
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Progress is on the horizon in Germany's parliament, where lawmakers have been instructed to throw out their fax machines by the end of June.
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France has officially welcomed the Olympic flame in a ceremony in the southern port city of Marseille. The event featured fighter jets and fireworks, and some 200,000 spectators.
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NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with author Juli Min about her new book Shanghailanders, which unspools the story of a family in reverse.