Arts Dec 22 U.S. military members perform 'O Come, All Ye Faithful' Heading into Christmas weekend, we close the week with a NewsHour tradition. Each year, the Pentagon's Defense Visual Information Distribution Service produces a holiday song with members of the military singing. This holiday season we bring you, "O Come, All…
Nation Dec 21 Fugitive defense contractor returned to U.S. in prisoner swap with Venezuela Leonard Francis, known as "Fat Leonard," was a defense contractor at the center of a huge scandal within the U.S. Navy. He is part of a prisoner swap between the U.S. and Venezuela announced Wednesday and was returned to the…
World Dec 19 How the U.S. and allies plan to protect ships from Houthi attacks in Red Sea Tensions are rising in the Red Sea, where about 12 percent of the world's global trade passes through. Houthi militias in Yemen say they are attacking ships to support Palestinians. Defense Secretary Austin announced a new multinational effort to protect…
World Dec 15 Military experts discuss Israel's use of unguided bombs and harm to civilians in Gaza According to reports from CNN and The Washington Post, the U.S. intelligence community believes that up to 45 percent of the bombs Israel has dropped in Gaza were unguided, a tactic that Israel’s military has defended. Geoff Bennett discusses those…
World Dec 14 Putin vows to press on with Ukraine invasion despite heavy Russian losses Russian President Vladimir Putin held his first press conference that included international media in more than two years and insisted that he would continue to wage war in Ukraine until all his goals were met. Much of what he had…
World Dec 13 Israel meets renewed resistance from Hamas amid pressure to reduce civilian casualties Israeli troops met renewed and heavy resistance from Hamas militants across the Gaza Strip and civilians remain caught in the middle. The Gaza health ministry says nearly 19,000 people have been killed in the enclave since the Hamas terror attacks…
World Dec 11 Israel targets infrastructure in Gaza to ramp up civilian pressure on Hamas, report claims An investigative report says Israel is deliberately targeting civilian infrastructure in Gaza to ramp up "civilian pressure" on Hamas. The reporting by the independent +972 Magazine and the Hebrew-language outlet Local Call includes interviews with several current and former sources…
World Dec 08 The troubled safety record of the Osprey aircraft fleet grounded by the U.S. military The U.S. military will ground its entire fleet of V-22 Osprey aircraft while it investigates the cause of last week’s crash off the coast of Japan that killed all eight service personnel on board. The extraordinary step was taken after…
Arts Dec 08 U.S. service members perform 'Ocho Kandelikas' for Hanukkah Each year, the NewsHour asks the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service at the Pentagon to produce holiday songs with service members singing. On this second night of Hanukkah, we present "Ocho Kandelikas" by the composer and singer Flory Jagoda.
World Dec 06 UN human rights chief warns of 'apocalyptic' crisis in Gaza as fighting intensifies Israel intensified its military operations in Gaza's second largest city, forcing tens of thousands of Palestinians to flee and making it more difficult to deliver aid. The UN says nearly 1.9 million people, over 80 percent of Gaza's population, have…