5 Big Foreign Policy Challenges For President-Elect Trump and other top stories.

• 5 Big Foreign Policy Challenges For President-Elect Trump

  

  Syrian President Bashar Assad (left) and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands at the Kremlin in October 2015. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump faces many foreign policy challenges, which will include dealing with the war in Syria and friction with Russia. Alexei Druzhinin/AP hide caption toggle caption Alexei Druzhinin/AP ..

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• A Year After Paris Attacks, Tour Managers Reflect On Security

  

  A crew sets up for Icelandic band Kaleo's show at Crystal Ballroom in Portland, Ore. Jerad Walker/NPR hide caption toggle caption Jerad Walker/NPR A crew sets up for Icelandic band Kaleo's show at Crystal Ballroom in Portland, Ore. Jerad Walker/NPR A year ago today, terrorist..

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• Heavy Fighting as IS Attacks Iraqi Forces in Mosul

  

  BAGHDAD — A suicide car bomber from the Islamic State group attacked Iraqi special forces in Mosul on Saturday, setting off heavy fighting in the northern city.The early morning attack in the Qadisiya neighborhood, which the troops entered a day earlier, was followed by a barrage of gunfire, mortar rounds and rocket-propelled grenades, Iraqi officers said.Fighting was also underway in the adjoining Arbajiya neighborhood, the officers added, speaking on condition of anonymity because they are..

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• Afghanistan: 4 dead in blast at Bagram Airfield

  

  The Taliban claimed responsibility in a tweet praising the "strong attack" on Bagram Airfield.In a statement, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said a suicide bomber had targeted "a sports ground where more than 100 military officers, important people and soldiers were busy exercising."The attack on the airfield had been planned for four months, he said.A US official confirmed an enemy device caused the explosion."To the family and friends of those who lost their lives today, we share your lo..

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• France's Bonds Feel Election Jitters as Trump Spurs Market Split

  

  The rift between core European bonds from France and Germany increased after Donald Trump’s surprise victory in the U.S. presidential elections.The difference in yield between 10-year French securities and similar-maturity German bunds, Europe’s benchmark securities, closed at its widest in 14 months on Friday. That mirrors how the spread moved after Britain’s shock decision to leave the European Union in June. The Republican candidate’s rise to prominence was compared in markets to Brexit in t..

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• What Does Trump's Victory Mean For NATO?

  

  U.S. military planes drop paratroopers during a multi-national jump that includes soldiers from the U.S., Britain and Poland on June 7, near Torum, Poland. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has questioned the value of the NATO alliances, raising worries among many European countries. Alik Keplicz/AP hide caption toggle caption Alik Keplicz/AP..

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• Will Donald Trump govern in prose or profanity?

  

  The late New York Gov. Mario Cuomo said that politicians campaign in poetry and then govern in prose. What of President-elect Donald Trump?While running for office, Trump used offensive and condescending language to disparage women and minorities. He incited violence at his rallies and promised to build a wall to keep out Mexicans. We never got poetry. Trump soon will lead our country. He didn't win the election on elocution points, true, but he did win. And he did so on his terms, which inclu..

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• President-elect Trump deserves a chance - Al

  

  Free and fair elections are one of democracy’s main pillars as is the smooth and peaceful transfer of power. America has chosen and, whether one approves of that choice or not, it should be accepted and respected both at home and abroad. It is no secret that while I wrote an op-ed in August, 2015 backing Donald Trump to the hilt and supported his bid for the White House during my keynote address to delegates attending the 24th Annual Arab-US Policymakers Conference held in Washington last year..

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• Thousands rally in S. Korea over speech scandal, demanding leader resign

  

  South Korean protesters hold up placards during a rally calling for South Korean President Park Geun-hye to step down in Seoul, South Korea, Nov. 12.(Photo: Lee Jin-man, AP)SEOUL, South Korea - Hundreds of thousands of people flooded Seoul’s streets on Saturday demanding the resignation of President Park Geun-hye amid an explosive political scandal, in what may be South Korea’s largest protest since it shook off dictatorship three decades ago.Police said about 260,000 people turned out for the l..

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