World Jul 12 Why are Cubans protesting? Examining the nation’s disappointment with the Communist Party Police are out in force tonight in Havana, Cuba, after thousands of protesters rose up Sunday, taking to the streets across the country in the largest demonstrations against communist rule in a generation. Nick Schifrin begins our coverage, and talks…
World Jul 09 UN votes to keep sole humanitarian border crossing open to starving Syrians The U.N. Security Council unanimously extended the sole humanitarian crossing into Syria — one day before it was set to close — after a deal between the U.S. and Russia. The White House said Presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin…
World Jul 08 Poorer nations are ‘perilously at risk’ as delta variant spreads. Can the U.S. help? More than 4 million people have officially died from COVID-19 globally, but the actual number is almost certainly much higher. As wealthy nations with high vaccination rates like the U.S. begin emerging from the pandemic, the disease is accelerating in…
Nation Jul 07 100% of military sexual assault survivors feel ‘trapped,’ have suicidal ideations Approximately 20,000 U.S. military members are sexually assaulted annually. But only 7,816 reported those cases, and only in 350 cases were perpetrators charged with a crime. President Joe Biden and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin created an independent commission to examine…
World Jul 06 Was the war in Afghanistan worth fighting? 3 veterans weigh in Many countries have closed or scaled back operations at consulates in Afghanistan as the Taliban have scored territorial gains since mid-April, when the U.S. announced its military withdrawal. How does the war in Afghanistan — America's longest war — look…
World Jul 02 Afghan government encourages civilian militias to combat the Taliban The sprawling hub of American operations in Afghanistan for nearly two decades — Bagram Airfield — is now in the hands of the Afghan government. U.S. defense officials say all American forces outside of the Kabul airport and embassy have…
World Jul 01 The Taliban are winning on the battlefield as U.S. troops withdraw. Can Afghans stop them? The U.S. will soon complete the troops' withdrawal from Afghanistan after 20 years of war. Nick Schifrin talks to the lead U.S. diplomat for the region, Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad. Born in Afghanistan, he worked in various capacities with Presidents Ronald…
World Jun 30 Top U.S. commander in Afghanistan warns the country could descend into civil war The U.S. is on the verge of completing a unilateral and unconditional withdrawal from Afghanistan nearly 20 years after it invaded, and the outgoing U.S. military commander has delivered a new stark warning about the future of the country: the…
World Jun 29 Understanding the fragile ceasefire and humanitarian crisis in Tigray There is fragile ceasefire in Northern Ethiopia's Tigray after Ethiopian and allied forces withdrew after an occupation late in 2020. It's a dramatic turn in conflict that has killed thousands, uprooted millions and featured atrocities the global community attributes to…
World Jun 25 Biden wants to leave some U.S. troops in Afghanistan. The Taliban isn’t happy Friday at the White House, President Joe Biden met with Afghanistan’s leaders, just weeks before the U.S. completes withdrawing almost all of its forces. There was a lot on the agenda: finalizing plans on how many U.S. troops to keep…