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Fighting intensified in the Middle East during the Olympic truce, in effect through March 15. Flights are being disrupted as athletes and families converge on Italy for the Winter Paralympics.
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Trump warns Iran not to retaliate after Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is killed
The Iranian government has announced 40 days of mourning. The country's supreme leader was killed following an attack launched by the U.S. and Israel on Saturday against Iran.
Explosion rocks Iran's capital as Israel says it is targeting the city
Iran fired missiles at targets in Israel and Gulf Arab states Sunday after vowing massive retaliation for the killing of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei by the United States and Israel.
House Dem. Leader Jeffries responds to air strikes on Iran by U.S. and Israel
NPR's Emily Kwong speaks to House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), who is still calling for a vote on a war powers resolution following a wave of U.S.- and Israel-led airstrikes on Iran.
Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is killed in Israeli strike, ending 36-year iron rule
Khamenei, the Islamic Republic's second supreme leader, has been killed. He had held power since 1989, guiding Iran through difficult times — and overseeing the violent suppression of dissent.
Found: The 19th century silent film that first captured a robot attack
A newly rediscovered 1897 short by famed French filmmaker Georges Méliès is being hailed as the first-ever depiction of a robot in cinema.
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Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been killed. He was 86 years old. Khamenei was unwavering in his steadfast antipathy to the U.S. and Israel.
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United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran, and its retaliation, could lead the Middle East into a wider war.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn., about Congressional authorization for the U.S. strikes on Iran.
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U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran enter a second day as President Trump warned of increased intensity if Iran retaliates.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Shashank Joshi, defense editor at The Economist, about the U.S. decision to carry out military strikes on Iran without its traditional European allies.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Esfandyar Batmanghelidj, CEO of the Bourse & Bazaar Foundation, about the sorts of tactics Iran can deploy in response to U.S. and Israeli strikes.
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Paramount has outbid Netflix to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, a major shake-up that has many in the film industry worried.
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The Middle East reacts to the U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran which killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Ray Takeyh, senior fellow for Middle East studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, about possible outcomes now that the U.S. and Israel have attacked Iran.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Mary Lovely of the Peterson Institute for International Economics about what military action in Iran – and Tehran's response – could mean for the global economy.
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President Trump delivered on his threat to strike Iran and announced a military campaign there on Saturday assisted by Israel. He also called for regime change.
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Some writers have a designated desk or a curated room where they work. Others write anywhere and everywhere. Katie de Cunha Lewin examines famous authors' spaces in her new book "The Writer's Room."