In Rubble Of Middle East Peace Talks, Kerry Seeks Way Forward
Transcript ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: This is a challenging time for Secretary of State John Kerry. His Middle East peace process has collapsed. He's also taking a lot of heat for suggesting that Israel...
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EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton is in Washington Tuesday for a meeting with Secretary of State John Kerry that is likely to be dominated by events in Ukraine.
View ArticleU.S. Offers Aid In Search For Nigerian Girls, But Is It Too Late?
Nigeria is offering a $300,000 reward for anyone who can find the more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by Islamist group Boko Haram. The U.S. is also pitching in with hostage negotiators and intelligence...
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As Rwanda began to rebuild itself from the ashes of the 1994 genocide, something unexpected happened: Women began playing a much more influential role on many fronts, including politics.Traditions that...
View ArticleFrustrations Defeat Another Diplomat, As U.N. Syria Envoy Quits
Transcript MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Melissa Block.AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: And I'm Audie Cornish. The conflict in Syria now in its 4th year, and a diplomatic...
View ArticleRussia Takes Helm Of UN Security Council, Turns Focus On Ukraine
Transcript ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Russia holds the presidency at the United Nations Security Council at the moment. That role rotates monthly. And this is shaping up to be a month of high diplomatic...
View ArticleAs Iraq Comes Apart At The Seams, Washington Weighs What To Do
Grave questions face the Iraqi government, and U.S. officials are scrambling to decide what to do. The U.S. helped shape the country; is there anything it can — or would — do to keep it together?
View ArticleWhite House Plans To Mark Off World's Largest Ocean Sanctuary
Transcript MELISSA BLOCK, BYLINE: This is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Melissa Block.ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: And I'm Robert Siegel. President Obama is once again exercising his executive...
View ArticleIn Trafficking Report, A Stark Warning About Thai Fishing Industry
The U.S. state department has issued its annual report on human trafficking. According to the report, Thailand, Malaysia and Venezuela have not been doing enough to combat modern slavery. And the...
View ArticleOut Of North Korea, A Sexist Rant Against South's President
Transcript MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: North Korea is offering its view of President Obama's trip to Asia and it isn't pretty. The official North Korean news agency used especially harsh language about South...
View ArticleIn Rubble Of Middle East Peace Talks, Kerry Seeks Way Forward
Transcript ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: This is a challenging time for Secretary of State John Kerry. His Middle East peace process has collapsed. He's also taking a lot of heat for suggesting that Israel...
View ArticleIn Ukraine, West's New Diplomatic Options May Be Few
Transcript MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Melissa Block.ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: And I'm Robert Siegel. Secretary of State John Kerry says the U.S. won't sit idly by...
View ArticleU.S. Offers Aid In Search For Nigerian Girls, But Is It Too Late?
Nigeria is offering a $300,000 reward for anyone who can find the more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by Islamist group Boko Haram. The U.S. is also pitching in with hostage negotiators and intelligence...
View ArticleThe Nation That Elects The Most Women Is ...
As Rwanda began to rebuild itself from the ashes of the 1994 genocide, something unexpected happened: Women began playing a much more influential role on many fronts, including politics.Traditions that...
View ArticleFrustrations Defeat Another Diplomat, As U.N. Syria Envoy Quits
Transcript MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Melissa Block.AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: And I'm Audie Cornish. The conflict in Syria now in its 4th year, and a diplomatic...
View ArticleRussia Takes Helm Of UN Security Council, Turns Focus On Ukraine
Transcript ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Russia holds the presidency at the United Nations Security Council at the moment. That role rotates monthly. And this is shaping up to be a month of high diplomatic...
View ArticleAs Iraq Comes Apart At The Seams, Washington Weighs What To Do
Transcript AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: We now return to NPR's Michele Kelemen on how the White House is weighing its options in aiding Iraq and its Confrontation with ISIS extremist and finding limited...
View ArticleWhite House Plans To Mark Off World's Largest Ocean Sanctuary
Transcript MELISSA BLOCK, BYLINE: This is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Melissa Block.ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: And I'm Robert Siegel. President Obama is once again exercising his executive...
View ArticleIn Trafficking Report, A Stark Warning About Thai Fishing Industry
The U.S. state department has issued its annual report on human trafficking. According to the report, Thailand, Malaysia and Venezuela have not been doing enough to combat modern slavery. And the...
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Kerry's Aim In Egypt: First, Get Israel And Hamas To Cease Fire
Copyright 2014 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: The death toll continues to climb as Israel presses on with its ground operation in Gaza.STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:...
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