NPRLebanon Anti-Government Protests Continue In LebanonNPR - Daniel EstrinLebanese politicians of all stripes are under attack from protesters demanding better services. CORNISH: At demonstrations like these anywhere around the world, people tend to direct their anger at their
NPRWorld News Investigation Underway In Britain After 39 Bodies Found In A Container TruckNPR - Frank LangfittA murder investigation is underway in Britain after the discovery of 39 bodies in a container truck. The dead are thought to be migrants smuggled into the country from continental Europe. British authorities
NPRWorld News In Venezuela, Victor Hugo's 'Les Misérables' Resonates With Caracas ResidentsNPR - Philip Reeves "The message is simple: We Venezuelans never give up," says a star of Les Misérables opening in Caracas. Victor Hugo's classic resonates with residents in one of the world's deadliest cities.
NPRWorld News Repercussions Of The U.S. Withdrawal From Syria For The Kurdish Region Of IraqNPRNPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with former Iraqi Foreign Minister and Kurdish leader Hoshyar Zebari about repercussions of the U.S. withdrawal from Syria for the Kurdish region of Iraq. Kurds and Americans had
NPRWorld News 'Baby Shark,' Drinks And Dancing: Lebanon's Protests Are Unlike Any OtherNPR - Daniel Estrin , Lama Al-ArianLebanon's mass street protests resemble other outpourings of anger in places like Chile and Ecuador. But the Lebanese never miss an excuse to party. Faced with years of war, Lebanese have coped with strife
NPRWorld News Nobel Peace Prize Winner Faces Protests After Activist's Late-Night StandoffNPR - Eyder Peralta , Colin DwyerLess than two weeks after Abiy Ahmed won the Nobel Peace Prize and earned plaudits across the world, the Ethiopian prime minister has found himself embroiled in an escalating standoff with a prominent
NPRCulture The Battle For Mosul — And Why The Threat Of ISIS Won't Go AwayNPR - Dave DaviesJournalist James Verini offers a first-hand account of the 2017 battle to drive ISIS from Mosul, the second-largest city in Iraq. His new book is They Will Have to Die Now. This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry
NPRWorld News Trump Calls Syria Cease-Fire 'Permanent,' Lifts Sanctions on TurkeyNPR - Ayesha RascoeUpdated at 2:45 p.m. ET President Trump says he is lifting sanctions on Turkey after the country agreed to what he called a permanent cease-fire in northern Syria, ending Turkey's military offensive that
NPRWorld News 39 Bodies Found In Trucking Container In UKNPR - Frank LangfittBritish police have launched a murder investigation after 39 bodies were discovered in a truck in an apparent human smuggling operation. British police have launched a murder investigation after the bodies
NPRForests A Forest Expert Team In Spain Fights Fire With Fire — LiterallyNPR - Aaron LabareeThe biggest wildfire in 20 years in Spain's Catalonia region began on June 26, when a pile of chicken manure, baking in record high temperatures, burst into flames. Fed by strong winds, the flames spread
NPRUkraine Russian President Putin Is Looking For Weak Spots, Ex-Ambassador SaysNPRNPR's David Greene talks to former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Steven Pifer about how Russian President Vladimir Putin is trying to gain influence and is making strategic moves to accomplish that goal.
NPRWorld News 39 Bodies Discovered In Truck Container In Southeast EnglandNPR - Bill Chappell , Mark KatkovUpdated at 9 a.m. ET British police say 39 bodies were discovered early Wednesday morning in a truck container in southeastern England. The driver, a 25-year-old man from Northern Ireland, has been arrested
NPRImpeachment How Lev Parnas And Igor Fruman Connect To The Impeachment ProbeNPR - Ari ShapiroTwo men who worked closely with President Trump's private lawyer Rudy Giuliani will appear in federal court Wednesday. The criminal case against them intersects with the House impeachment inquiry. If were
NPRBrexit Despite Brexit Differences, Communities Try To Understand Each OtherNPR - Frank Langfitt The 2016 referendum on Britain's membership of the EU left many communities deeply divided, but one organization is trying to bridge the gap between "Brexiteers" and "Remainers."
NPRSyria Kurdish Reaction To Turkey-Russia Deal To Patrol Northern SyriaNPRNPR's David Greene talks to Syrian Democratic Council representative Sinam Mohamad about the plight of Kurds after the withdrawal of U.S. troops from northern Syria. As the United States moves out of Syria,
NPRWorld News News Brief: Trump Impeachment Probe, Northern SyriaNPR - Noel King , David GreeneAmbassador William Taylor says Trump tied Ukraine aid to political probes. Two Soviet-born businessmen are connected to the impeachment probe. Turkey and Russia reach a deal to control northern Syria.
NPRChile Demonstrators In Chile Demand Economic EqualityNPR - Philip Reeves On the fifth day of violent protests against the government, Chile's president apologized on national television for failing to see the problems of the people.
NPRRussia Russia And Turkey Reach Deal To Force Out Kurds In Northern SyriaNPR - Jane ArrafAfter five hours of talks on Tuesday, the leaders of Russia and Turkey agreed on how to jointly patrol parts of Syria that until recently were controlled by Kurdish forces. We're following some dramatic
NPRWorld News Iraqi Security Forces Killed 149 People In Recent Protests, Inquiry ConcludesNPR - Richard GonzalesIraqi security forces killed 149 people and wounded over 3,000 in protests that began Oct. 1, a government-appointed inquiry announced Tuesday. The Iraqi military previously had admitted that its forces
NPRWorld News Protests In Chile's Capital City Show No Signs Of StoppingNPR - Philip ReevesA rise in subway fares in Chile triggered huge anti-government protests that killed at least 11 people. The president declared a state of emergency and said Chile was "at war." The protests that have over
NPRWorld News Turkey, Russia Reach Deal To Control Syrian Areas Once Patrolled By The U.S.NPR - Brakkton BookerThe leaders of Russia and Turkey agreed Tuesday after more than five hours of talks on how to jointly patrol parts of Syria that until recently were controlled by Kurdish forces. Russian President Vladimir
NPRWorld News In Chile, Protesters Continue To Defy The President And MilitaryNPR - Paige Sutherland, Philip ReevesUpdated on Wednesday at 6:44 p.m. ET Massive protests have continued over economic inequality in Chile this week, defying the president and security forces' efforts to restore calm. The widespread and
NPRWorld News Protesters Continue To Fill Streets Of Lebanon, United By Their Calls For ChangeNPR - Laurel WamsleyFor days, people have gathered in the central squares of cities across Lebanon. They've chanted, they've sung, they've carried cheeky signs. What do they want? Wholesale change in their political system.
NPRJustin Trudeau Justin Trudeau Remains Canada's Prime Minister Following Reelection By Slim MarginNPR - David McGuffinCanadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has managed to hold onto power after Monday's election, but by a very slim margin. He will now have to work with a minority government. And now to Canada. Prime Justin
NPRWorld News Cease-Fire Along Turkish-Syrian Border Appears To Be HoldingNPR - Jane Arraf , Peter KenyonThe cease-fire between Turkey and Syrian Kurds appears to be holding, despite a looming deadline. Turkey's president said the process will not end before all of the Kurds have withdrawn as agreed. The
NPRPollution London Says Air Pollution Fell By Roughly A Third After New Emissions RulesNPR - Paolo ZialcitaLondon says toxic air pollution has fallen by roughly a third inside a central urban zone where drivers are required to meet specific emission standards or pay a daily fine. The city launched the Ultra
NPRWorld News Hospitals Around The World Have A Dire Shortage Of BloodNPR - Tim McDonnellWhen Claude Tayou Tagny was a young medical student on a rotation through clinics in rural Cameroon, he treated a woman during a difficult childbirth. She had lost, by his estimate, at least three pints
NPRWorld News U.S. Withdrawal From Syria Leaves A 'Tangled Mess,' Journalist SaysNPR - Terry GrossWashington Post Beirut Bureau Chief Liz Sly has covered the Syrian civil war since it began in '11. "There is an inevitability that Russia is going to emerge as the dominant power in Syria," she says.
NPRWorld News How Does Turkey's Offensive In Syria Fit Into Its Broader Agenda?NPRNPR's Noel King talks to Douglas Silliman, former deputy chief of mission in Turkey, about Turkey's strategy against Kurdish forces in northern Syria. NPR's Tom Bowman weighs in on the issue. The U.S.-brokered
