Alex Leff
International Digital Editor at NPR
@NPR digital editor, international. Previous journalism in Spain, Central America & Boston. Brooklyn born and raised.
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2 weeks ago |
nhpr.org | Alex Leff
Updated April 08, 2025 at 12:00 PM ETTEL AVIV, Israel — Iran says it will have indirect talks with the United States this weekend in Oman, opening a possible path to diplomacy over Iran's nuclear program but revealing a potential sticking point about the format for negotiating.
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2 weeks ago |
opb.org | Daniel Estrin |Alex Leff
Mourners gather around the bodies of eight Red Crescent emergency responders, recovered in Rafah a week after an Israeli attack, as they are transported for burial from a hospital in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, March 31. Palestinian medical officials say they obtained video footage that refutes Israel’s claims about the killing of 15 rescue and aid workers in the southern Gaza Strip last month.
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3 weeks ago |
wfae.org | Alex Leff
TEL AVIV, Israel — The Israel military launched a strike on suburban Beirut Friday, saying it was targeting a drone storage facility used by Hezbollah,after early morning rockets were fired from southern Lebanon toward northern Israel. The Israeli military said it warned residents to evacuate prior to the strike. Plumes of smoke rose from Beirut's southern suburbs.
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3 weeks ago |
wunc.org | Alex Leff
Updated March 28, 2025 at 11:56 AM ETTEL AVIV, Israel — The Israeli military launched a strike on suburban Beirut Friday, the first time it has struck Lebanon's capital city area since it reached a November 2024 ceasefire with the militant group Hezbollah. Israel said it was targeting a building in the Dahiyeh suburb used by Hezbollah to store drones,after early morning rockets were fired from southern Lebanon toward northern Israel.
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2 months ago |
wunc.org | Alex Leff
Updated February 03, 2025 at 18:48 PM ETThe U.S. Agency for International Development, known as USAID, has fallen in the crosshairs of the Trump administration and Elon Musk's government efficiency push, sending chills through the humanitarian world and drawing criticism from Democratic lawmakers and nonpartisan foreign service workers. Late Sunday, Elon Musk said the team he calls the Department of Government Efficiency was in the process of "shutting down USAID," with President Trump's support.
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Leaders of Egypt, France and Jordan had a joint call with President Trump and press him on the need for an urgent ceasefire and aid in Gaza, and the release of hostages and detainees, according to a readout from Egypt.
Iran says it will have indirect high-level talks with the U.S. in Oman on Saturday, after President Trump said they would be direct talks. https://t.co/mX16btja5C
RT @EmilyZFeng: One of the best jobs in the world is now up for grabs. NPR is hiring for a China correspondent https://t.co/jjRhNhWt84
