World Jan 09 Iranian government threatens further crackdown as protests grow Protests across Iran continued to grow despite a nationwide blackout implemented overnight. What started as street marches against crippling inflation in the autocratic state have quickly grown to become one of Iran’s largest protest movements in years. Stephanie Sy reports…
World Dec 17 Trump escalates Maduro confrontation with blockade on Venezuelan oil tankers President Trump continued his rhetorical campaign against Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro, as a large American Naval force sits in the waters off the coast. The U.S. will actively blockade and seize vessels it had already sanctioned, a move some critics…
World Dec 16 A rare look inside Hezbollah's secretive bunkers seized by Lebanon's military The Lebanese army is on a tight deadline to comply with an American demand to dismantle the military infrastructure of Hezbollah. Special correspondent Simona Foltyn and videographer Adrian Hartrick were given exclusive access to Hezbollah’s seized military installations and the…
World Dec 11 Ukraine pushes for security guarantees against Russia as pressure grows on peace plan Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday floated a possible compromise to a Russian demand that Kyiv give up territory in the eastern Donetsk region. Zelenskyy spoke after he met with senior administration officials and sent new edits to the document…
World Dec 08 European leaders rally around Ukraine after U.S. shifts strategy to the Western Hemisphere The U.S. has been pursuing a solution to the war in Ukraine and recently highlighted those efforts as part of its new national security strategy. Heather Conley, former deputy assistant secretary of state for European affairs during the George W.
World Dec 04 Ukraine ambassador to U.S. on peace negotiations and corruption scandal Ukrainian officials met with U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff to continue negotiations over an American plan to end the war. Witkoff and Jared Kushner met with Vladimir Putin in Moscow earlier this week, where the Russian president said he endorsed…
World Dec 02 Trump and Hegseth distance themselves from follow-on strike on suspected drug boat The first attack in the Trump administration’s campaign in the Caribbean has become the most contentious. A U.S. official tells PBS News the military struck an alleged drug boat four times on September 2. President Trump and Pete Hegseth defended…
World Dec 02 Witkoff and Kushner meet with Putin for latest talks to end Russia's war with Ukraine U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin on Tuesday. They were there for the latest round of negotiations on a plan to end Russia's war with Ukraine. Nick Schifrin reports.
World Nov 28 Top Zelenskyy aide resigns in midst of Ukraine corruption scandal A political earthquake in Ukraine has taken place as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s chief of staff Andrii Yermak, the country’s second-most-powerful person, was forced to resign amid a corruption scandal. This comes as Ukraine is enmeshed in negotiations with the Trump…
World Nov 26 War rages in Ukraine as push for peace complicated by leaked call from U.S. negotiator U.S. officials said they are making progress toward a document designed to end the nearly four-year, grinding war in Ukraine. But the push for peace is complicated by a leaked call from the chief White House negotiator. Nick Schifrin reports.