Documenting Torture: Doctors Search For New Ways To Gather Evidence
Getting justice for victims of torture and other abuses used to be just about impossible. It's still extremely difficult, but decades of work by activists, lawyers — and increasingly by doctors — have...
View ArticleThe World Promises To Do A Better Job Aiding Refugees From Violence
Traffic is crawling, sirens wailing and police are hustling pedestrians around metal barricades. It's not another terrorist attack in Istanbul, but super-high security precautions for the first U.N....
View ArticleOnce A National Hero, Syria's Lone Cosmonaut Is Now A Refugee In Turkey
More than 2 million Syrians have fled to Turkey, driven out by the fighting that erupted in their homeland in 2011. But none can claim an odyssey quite like that of Mohammed Faris.As Syria's first and...
View ArticleA Guide To Britain's 'Brexit' Vote
British voters on June 23 will cast what some have called the most important ballot of their lives — whether the U.K. should remain in the European Union or pull out, in what's become popularly known...
View ArticleIrish Voters Share 'Brexit' Opposition To Protect Economic Interests
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View ArticleBritain's Bookies: Odds Are U.K. Will Stay In E.U.
The latest polls on the United Kingdom's vote to stay in or leave the European Union show a slight rise for the Remain camp. Most, however, agree that Thursday's referendum is still too close to call....
View ArticleBritain's EU Exit: What Comes Next?
United Kingdom voters sent shockwaves across Europe and beyond with their vote to exit the European Union. The "Brexit" vote stunned the country's political elite, the financial markets and British...
View Article'Brexit' Aftermath: Resignations, Financial Fallout And A Petition To Redo
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View ArticleDozens Killed In Attack On Istanbul's International Airport
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View ArticleAfter Brexit Vote, U.K. Sees A Wave Of Hate Crimes And Racist Abuse
Dog excrement thrown at a German woman's door. "Go back to Africa" screamed at a military veteran. A Polish cultural center vandalized. Born-and-bred Britons told to "go home." Why? Because "we voted...
View ArticleTurkish Government Declares 3 Month State Of Emergency
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View ArticleTurkey Begins 3-Month State Of Emergency Amid Ongoing Crackdown
After surviving a coup attempt that left more than 240 dead and some 1,500 wounded, Turks are now living under a state of emergency that will last at least three months. Turkey's President Recep Tayyip...
View ArticleAfter Failed Coup, How Will Turkey's Military Cope With All Its Challenges?
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is promising a military shake-up after last week's failed coup attempt. More than 7,000 soldiers are already in custody, including nearly 100 generals.Turks were...
View ArticleDespite Turkey's Crackdown, Some Critics Are Still Speaking Out
Most critics of the Turkish government have been frightened into silence these days. The country is consumed with rooting out backers of this month's failed coup attempt — an ongoing purge has affected...
View ArticleTurkey Clamps Down On Media After Coup Attempt
Copyright 2016 NPR. To see more, visit MONTAGNE, HOST: Turkey's clampdown on anyone remotely critical of the government after a failed military coup is hitting the media hard. The latest government...
View ArticleAfter Failed Coup, Some Turks Call For Reinstating The Death Penalty
Turkey abolished capital punishment in 2004. But in the wake of last month's failed coup, Turks have been demanding it be reinstated for the coup plotters. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has encouraged...
View ArticleScores Killed And Injured In Turkey Wedding Bombing
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View ArticleBiden Meets With Leaders In Turkey As Turkish Troops Move Into Syria
Copyright 2016 NPR. To see more, visit GREENE, HOST: Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Turkey today on what's being seen as a fence-mending mission. Ties have been strained between the two countries...
View ArticleIn A Time Of Middle East Conflict, What's The Role Of U.S. Diplomacy?
For more than a decade, U.S. foreign policy has centered on military action in the Middle East. Often overlooked, but still critical, is U.S. diplomacy. It's a slow and often frustrating art. It can...
View ArticleIn Turkey, The Man To Blame For Most Everything Is A U.S.-Based Cleric
Since Turkey's government survived a violent coup attempt on July 15, it has pointed the finger at followers of an elderly, U.S.-based cleric. His name is Fethullah Gulen, and he denies any...
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