Failures In Afghanistan
A new report says the American effort to stabilize Afghanistan is a failure. Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with John Sopko of the office of the special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction.
On a mission to make Philadelphia the most accessible US city for the arts
Throughout her adult life, Eleanor Childs has been immersed in arts and culture, be it through attending concerts, visiting museums, or facilitating students’ access to such experiences when she was a school administrator. Thanks to the nonprofit Art-…
U.S.-North Korea Summit: Will They Or Won’t They?
First the summit was on, then it was off — now it could be back on. NPR’s Michel Martin talks to former U.S. ambassador to South Korea Alexander Vershbow about the fate of the summit.
Ireland Votes To Lift Its Abortion Ban, Exit Polls Show
An Irish Times/Ipsos MRBI poll suggests that nearly two-thirds of the country support the change, 68 percent to 32 percent.
North And South Korean Leaders Hold Surprise Meeting
South Korea announced Saturday that President Moon Jae-in held a secret meeting with North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un, in an effort to keep diplomacy between Washington and Pyongyang alive.
Trump’s Off-And-On North Korea Meeting
NPR’s Scott Simon talks with former Ambassador Wendy Sherman of Albright Stonebridge Group about President Trump’s planned meeting with Kim Jong Un.
Enforcing Sanctions On Iran
Now that the U.S. has withdrawn from the Iran nuclear deal, how difficult will it be to enforce sanctions? NPR’s Scott Simon speaks with former Treasury Department adviser Elizabeth Rosenberg.
Polls Show Likely Abortion Law Change In Ireland
Ireland has one of the strictest abortion laws in the world. Pro-abortion-rights groups have campaigned for decades to repeal the country’s Eighth Amendment. Now voters have decided.
Egypt’s LGBT Crackdown
Ahmed Alaa describes hoisting a rainbow flag at a concert in Cairo as the “best five minutes of his life.” Now he faces years in prison and says his family and his life have been destroyed.
After Muqtada Al-Sadr’s Surprise Win, Iraq’s Political Leaders Try To Form Government
Two weeks after parliamentary elections delivered a surprise win for allies of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, Iraq’s divided political leaders are scrambling to put together a coalition government.
Israelis must reach out to Gazans, Palestinians will live on despite recent violence, Europe walks a tightrope after Trump’s trashing of the Iran deal, Europe’s hypocrisy in treatment of Roma citizens, Africa faces the task of ‘Decolonising the Mind’
“On [May 14], more than 60 Palestinians were reported killed in Gaza and more than 2,000 injured, according to the Hamas-run Health Ministry,” states an editorial. “It was the deadliest single day of violence since the 2014 war…. Even though the [Is…
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