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‘Dire situation’: Lebanese prisoners on hunger strike for 18 days
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Negotiator of 2015 Iran nuclear deal discusses Trump rejecting Iran's latest proposal
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Robert Malley, a negotiator of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, about where talks stand after President Trump rejected Iran's offer to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
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U.S. withdraws final troops from Iraq
In what Iraq calls its 'day of sovereignty', U.S. and Iraqi commanders mark the withdrawal of U.S. military forces two decades after their invasion.
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The U.S. is pulling its last troops out of Iraq. How will it affect the Middle East
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with retired Lt. Gen. H. R. McMaster, former U.S. National Security Advisor, about the impact the final withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq will have on the Middle East.
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Crackdown on South Africa's unsafe streets ordered by president to keep women safe
The murders of 12 women near Johannesburg has caused a outcry about the scale of violence against women.
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Belgium’s defence minister warns of ‘dark winter for Europe’ with more ‘hybrid warfare’ from Russia - Europe live
Theo Francken says bloc is in a ‘difficult position’ after recent increase in hybrid provocations from Moscow Belgian defence minister Theo Francken said “there will be more hybrid threat actions” in the coming months, as he starkly warned “it will be a dark winter for Europe.” Speaking at Euronews’s Defence and Space Summit , Francken said hybrid warfare “is not something that Russia [has been] doing for two or three years,” but for much longer and it has “expertise” in this area, often making it difficult for western countries to investigate them and attribute responsibility. “Europe has been very good in investing in soft power, in social security. And it’s beautiful to have a pension system, to have social welfare systems [for] when somebody gets sick, when somebody lost his job – we have everything. But when there’s war or there’s hybrid threats, we don’t have anything. So yeah, we’
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Africa's richest man to launch Kenya oil refinery despite land protests
The Kenya refinery is part of Dangote's ambitious bid to expand and help industralise Africa by 2030.