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Mohammad Mokhber worked in state-affiliated financial organizations before entering politics. He will lead the Iranian government until its presidential election, which must take place within 50 days.
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Former South African president Jacob Zuma has been barred from contesting in next week's elections, South Africa's top court ruled Monday.
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The U.S. military is delivering aid at a pier in Gaza, but aid groups fear it's just a drop in the ocean of need.
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A shot of pure joy to start off the weekend: a charming video of kids from Cork, Ireland, rapping about finding and following their creative voice.
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The first trucks of aid entered Gaza via a pier built by the U.S. But it's challenging to move aid around Gaza, and humanitarian groups operating in Rafah warn they don't have food to distribute.
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NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Philippe Lazzarini, the commissioner general of the U.N.'s lead agency for aid to Palestinians, about the international response to a humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza.
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NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with a Chinese observer of the U.S. and an American observer of China about the countries' competing interests.
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French police shot and killed a man armed with a knife and a metal bar who is suspected of having set fire to a synagogue in the Normandy city of Rouen early on Friday, authorities said.
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NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with UNICEF's Ricardo Pires about the destruction of Gaza's education system and its effect on children there.
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As the civil war in Myanmar rages on, the country's military junta is forcibly conscripting young people to replenish its depleted ranks, but many are fleeing.
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After months of preparation, the U.S. military is opening a floating pier to deliver humanitarian aid to people in Gaza. No U.S. troops will go ashore in Gaza.
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The shipment is the first in an operation that U.S. military officials anticipate could scale up to 150 truckloads a day entering the Gaza Strip as Israel presses in on the southern city of Rafah.
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Dalibor Rohác of the American Enterprise Institute about the attempt to assassinate Slovakian PM Robert Fico and the broader political landscape in Europe.
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The White House paused a shipment of bombs to Israel out of concern they would be used in Rafah. But this week, the Biden administration announced it is moving ahead on a new sale of arms to Israel.