World Jun 24 Seized Bin Laden Writings Yield New Details, Rwandan Woman Convicted of Genocide Pakistani media personnel and local residents gather outside the hideout of Osama bin Laden following his death by U.S. Special Forces in a ground operation in Abbottabad. Photo by Aamir Qureshi/AFP/Getty Images Writings seized from Osama bin Laden's compound in…
World Jun 22 One Man's Mission to Open History of Khmer Rouge Next week, four top leaders of the Khmer Rouge regime will be brought to trial in Cambodia for alleged crimes against humanity (known as Case 002). Journalism student Jake Schoneker reported from Cambodia ahead of the trial.
World Jun 22 China Releases Artist, Activist Ai Weiwei on Bail According to state media reports, China has released activist Ai Weiwei from prison on bail after reportedly admitting to tax evasion.
Nation Jun 17 PBS NewsHour Blogs Back in Business After Hacker Attack If you've been looking for The Rundown news blog, Art Beat or Paul Solman's Business Desk blog since our hack attack on May 29, you've likely been pointed instead to the NewsHour's Tumblr page, or our homepage.
World Jun 03 Slide Show: Capturing Indonesia's Many Sides NewsHour deputy foreign affairs and defense editor Dan Sagalyn traveled to Indonesia in May 2011 to learn more about the Southeast Asian country -- the world's fourth most populous nation -- and the issues it faces today.
World May 30 World Week Ahead: Vatican's Study on HIV; Mediation Talks in Libya In this week's top news from around the globe, the NewsHour has a team in Vatican City, reporting on a meeting about the care of people with HIV/AIDS. And later in the week, the U.N. Security Council meets on the…
Nation May 30 Obama Names Army Gen. as Chief Military Adviser Army Gen. Martin Dempsey is expected to replace Adm. Mike Mullen as the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
World May 27 G-8 Pledges $40 Billion to Arab Spring, Clinton Seeks to Ease Pakistani Tensions Group of Eight heads of state and government, and other invited world leaders, pose for the family photograph during the Group of Eight (G8) summit in Deauville, France, on Friday, May 27, 2011.(Stefan Rousseau/Pool via Bloomberg via Getty Images) Leaders…
Politics May 26 Supreme Court Upholds Ariz. Law on Employing Illegal Immigrants Updated 1:25 pm. EDT | The Supreme Court has upheld a 2007 Arizona law that targets businesses that hire illegal immigrants. The court's 5-3 ruling means that states have leeway to punish employers and, by implication, not infringe on federal…
World May 26 Mladic Arrested for War Crimes in Serbia, Explosions Kill 28 in Yemen Ratko Mladic, long-sought by prosecutors for his role in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, was arrested in Serbia after being on the run for more than a decade. The massacre is among the most notorious event of the war in…