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Syarhei Tsikhanouski, a Belarusian opposition activist released from a prison by Belarusian authorities, speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in Vilnius, Lithuania, Sunday, June 22, 2025.

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  • Europe

Emaciated after 5 years in prison, Belarusian dissident Tsikhanouski vows to fight on

Siarhei Tsikhanouski is almost unrecognizable. Belarus' key opposition figure, spent years in solitary confinement. He credits U.S. President Trump in aiding with his release over the weekend.

June 23, 2025
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By:
  • The Associated Press
An operational timeline of a strike on Iran is displayed during a news conference with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force Gen. Dan Caine and U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at the Pentagon on June 22.

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  • Politics

Trump administration defends Iranian strikes as some lawmakers question its legality

After the U.S. took military action against three nuclear sites in Iran, reaction across the political spectrum was swift with many Democrats decrying the president's "unilateral" strikes.

June 22, 2025
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
Relatives and supporters of Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza display photos of the captives during a protest demanding their release. in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Saturday, June 21, 2025.

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  • Middle East

As Israel recovers the bodies of three more hostages, how many are still in Gaza?

Israel said Sunday that it has recovered the bodies of three more hostages taken in Hamas' Oct. 7 attack that ignited the ongoing 20-month war in the Gaza Strip.

June 22, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Iran's foreign minister Abbas Araghchi speaks during a press conference in Istanbul on Sunday.

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  • World

Iran's top officials condemn U.S. strikes and assert their right to self-defense

Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi called the American operation an "outrageous, grave and unprecedented violation" of the United Nations Charter and international law.

June 22, 2025
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By:
  • Joe Hernandez
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth (L) and Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, (R) attend press conference at Pentagon June 22.

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  • Politics

Pentagon says Iranian nuclear capabilities are 'devastated' after U.S. strikes

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, gave new details Sunday morning about the U.S. attack on Iran's nuclear sites.

June 22, 2025
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  • Greg Myre,
  • Tom Bowman,
  • and 1 more
This satellite picture by Planet Labs PBC shows Iran's underground nuclear enrichment site at Fordo after a U.S. airstrike targeted the facility Sunday.

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  • World

World reacts to U.S. strikes on Iran with alarm, caution — and some praise

As the world reacted to news of U.S. strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities, international officials largely responded with alarm and calls for restraint.

June 22, 2025
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  • Rebecca Rosman
President Trump addresses the nation, alongside (from left) Vice President Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, from the White House on Saturday.

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  • World

U.S. strikes 3 nuclear sites in Iran, in major regional conflict escalation

The attack marks a major escalation in the burgeoning war between Iran and Israel and came despite years of promises by President Trump to keep the U.S. from entering another Middle East conflict.

June 22, 2025
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  • Elena Moore and
  • Megan Pratz
GPB News NPR

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  • Latin America

8 people killed, 13 injured after hot-air balloon catches fire and falls in Brazil

A hot-air balloon caught fire and tumbled from the sky in Brazil's southern state of Santa Catarina, killing eight people, firefighters said. Thirteen people survived and were taken to hospitals.

June 21, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Omar al-Hobi, 43, from Rafah, carries a bag of food he collected at a distribution center run by private contractor the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation in the southern Gaza Strip, as he arrives at his tent in Khan Younis, on June 10.

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  • Middle East

Day after day, Palestinians in Gaza risk harrowing journey in desperate search for food

Israel has begun allowing food into Gaza. Most of the supplies go to GHF, which operates food distribution points. A trickle of aid goes to the U.N. and humanitarian groups. Both systems are mired in chaos.

June 21, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Iranian missiles aimed at targets in Israel pass through the sky of Hebron, West Bank on June 18 as Israeli air defense system tries to intercept them.

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  • National Security

The math behind the war: Can Israel's air defense keep up against Iranian attacks?

There's a specific kind of math that could determine just how much longer the war can go — how many long-range missiles Iran has versus how many missile interceptors Israel has to shoot them down.

June 21, 2025
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By:
  • Kat Lonsdorf
Israeli air defense system fires to intercept missiles during an Iranian attack over Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday.

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  • Middle East

Israel and Iran's war enters its ninth day as talks fail to reach a breakthrough

With the war between Israel and Iran now in its second week, the two countries continued to trade missile attacks on Saturday, and Iran's foreign minister warned against a U.S. strike on Iran.

June 21, 2025
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By:
  • Kate Bartlett
People hold up signs during the Harvard Students for Freedom rally in support of international students at the Harvard University campus in Boston in May.

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  • Education

Trump says he's close to 'a Deal' with Harvard, as judge grants injunction

Trump's Truth Social comments came as a federal judge granted a preliminary injunction that would continue blocking the president's efforts to bar international students from attending Harvard.

June 20, 2025
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By:
  • Elissa Nadworny
Kari Lake, senior adviser to the U.S. Agency for Global Media, has slashed its workforce by 85%, or 1,400 positions.

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  • Politics

Voice of America gutted by Trump adviser Kari Lake

The Trump administration is slashing jobs at Voice of America's parent agency by 85%. Journalists who have risked their freedom to report for the broadcaster wonder what happens next.

June 20, 2025
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By:
  • David Folkenflik
Abbas Araghchi, Iran's foreign minister, during a news conference at the United Nations office in Geneva, Switzerland, on Friday. Iran maintained Friday it won't negotiate with the U.S. while an Israeli assault continues.

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  • Middle East

At war with Israel, Iran urges new diplomacy in Geneva and the U.N. Security Council

Iran is engaging in diplomatic efforts on multiple fronts as its battle with Israel enters a second week.

June 20, 2025
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By:
  • Rebecca Rosman and
  • Alex Leff
A child gets off a bus near the Jordanian border with other pediatric patients who have been evacuated from Gaza through Israel on June 11.

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  • Middle East

A cancer center in Jordan treats kids from Gaza, but only a few dozen have arrived

Children from Gaza with cancer are finally making it to Jordan for long-promised treatment. But a plan to allow as many as 2,000 patients out of the war-torn enclave has slowed.

June 20, 2025
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  • Jane Arraf
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