This episode of NPR News covers breaking international developments, including Iran's closure of the Strait of Hormuz amid escalating tensions with Israel over Lebanon, Cuba's sweeping economic reforms amid U.S. sanctions, a surge in Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and up
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