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A North Korean military guard post, loudspeaker, top left, and South Korean army soldiers, bottom right, are seen from Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, on June 12. Ahn Young-joon/AP hide caption toggle caption Ahn Young-joon/AP SEOUL, South Korea — An unidentified North Korean man crossed the heavily fortified land border separating

A picture taken on Oct. 12, 2017 shows the logo of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) headquarters in Paris. Jacques Demarthon/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Jacques Demarthon/AFP via Getty Images The Trump administration will withdraw the U.S. from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) —

Jackie Lay/NPR Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international correspondents share snapshots of moments from their lives and work around the world. Battered and bullet-ridden but still standing! It doesn't look it now, but this was one of the most elegant hotels in the Middle East. The Zenobia was built in the