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During his 40 years at the time, he was described as the consummate foreign desk fireman, reporting from numerous overseas locations.

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A day after the U.S.

Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq renewed the Level 4 security alert for Iraq, the Associated Press is reporting Iraqi security officials say a missile hit a helipad inside the perimeter.

of what is one of the US largest diplomatic facilities in the world.

Meanwhile, at the Pentagon Friday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth updated reporters on what he said was American and Israeli progress destroying Iran's military.

Friday, President Trump said the U.S.

military hit targets on Iran's Karg Island, but only military sites at that location were struck and the site's oil infrastructure was not hit.

Since Israel and the U.S.

launched the airstrikes on Iran, progress on President Trump's ceasefire in Gaza has backslid.

NPR's Ava Batrani reports less humanitarian aid is now entering Gaza.

Russia is welcoming a White House decision to temporarily lift sanctions on some of its oil exports for the next 30 days.

The move, which impacts Russian oil shipments already at sea, comes as the Trump administration seeks to ease pressure on global energy markets.

NPR's Charles Maynes reports.

The mayor of Amsterdam said there was an attack on a Jewish school in the Netherlands capital on Saturday.

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South Korea now says that North Korea fired 10 ballistic missiles towards the Sea of Japan, and Japan's defense ministry said the projectiles appeared to have fallen into the water.

The launches are North Korea's first since it fired two ballistic missiles January the 27th.