World Aug 17 A look at Egypt’s struggles 10 years after soldiers killed hundreds in Rabaa massacre This week marks ten years since the largest mass killing in Egypt’s modern history. In 2013, Egyptian soldiers overran a protest camp in Cairo’s Rabaa Square, killing hundreds. Six weeks earlier, the military had overthrown the elected government of Muhammad…
World Aug 16 ‘The War Came to Us’ offers reporter’s perspective on Ukraine’s fight against Russia It's been nearly 18 months since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Tens of thousands of people have died as the brutal war grinds on. But even before the total invasion, this war has been going on for nearly…
World Aug 15 Life in Afghanistan remains dire 2 years after collapse of U.S.-backed government Two years ago Tuesday, Taliban fighters poured into Afghanistan's capital and the army melted away and President Ashraf Ghani fled for his life. The country that the U.S. and NATO spent nearly 20 years fighting to build was suddenly controlled…
World Aug 10 Family of Afghan American held by Taliban pleads for release: ‘He’s done nothing wrong’ An Afghan American businessman has been held for more than a year in the land of his birth. Mahmood Habibi's family has decided to go public in the hopes that the Taliban will release him. Amna Nawaz spoke with them…
World Aug 08 Casualties mount as Ukraine’s counteroffensive continues slow progress This has been a long and brutal summer in Ukraine as Kyiv's counteroffensive continues to retake lands now occupied by Russia. A leading British military think tank reported that the Ukrainian operation is going more slowly than expected, and it…
World Aug 01 Cindy McCain: End of Ukraine grain deal ‘hurting the most needy people in the world’ South Sudan may look very lush right now, but flooding there has disrupted life and caused hunger on an “enormous” scale, says Cindy McCain, executive director of the World Food Programme. McCain, on the ground in Juba, South Sudan, talks…
World Jul 28 Hong Kong democracy activist describes how Chinese government targets critics in exile For over 20 years, it was understood that Hong Kong was part of China, but it ran its own affairs. Hong Kong residents had many freedoms that mainland Chinese did not. That all started to change four years ago as…
World Jul 27 Coup in Niger puts U.S. efforts to thwart terrorism in Africa’s Sahel region at risk An apparent military takeover has occurred in the African nation of Niger. It's a country struggling with grinding poverty and fighting back an Islamist insurgency. The U.S. denounced the coup and has long counted Niger as a partner in the…
World Jul 24 The impact of Israeli government’s controversial plan to overhaul judicial system Israel is in an uproar after the country's parliament backed a controversial plan to overhaul the judicial system by passing a law that weakens the powers of the courts. The measure has divided that nation, sparked mass protests and drawn…
Nation Jul 21 Investigation finds sexual assault claims against immigration officials routinely ignored A new investigation by the Pulitzer Prize-winning organization Futuro Investigates and Latino USA shines a light on allegations of sexual abuse and assaults filed by migrants in U.S. immigration detention facilities. Geoff Bennett discussed more with NewsHour producer Zeba Warsi,…