May 02 Watch Background: Moving On Following a report from Independent Television News, Terence Smith talks with New York Times Jerusalem bureau chief James Bennet about the latest developments in the Middle East. Continue watching
May 01 Le Pen Protests Top One Million in France Over a million people demonstrated peacefully across France Wednesday in the largest national protest to date against extreme-right presidential candidate Jean-Marie Le Pen. Continue reading
May 01 Ramallah Deal Reached, Arafat Siege Lifted Six Palestinian men wanted by Israel were transferred from Yasser Arafat's compound in Ramallah to the town of Jericho Wednesday, according to published accounts. Continue reading
Apr 30 Israel Blocks U.N. Inspection of Jenin Battle Ground The Israeli security cabinet voted Tuesday to block a United Nations inquiry into the fighting at the Jenin refugee camp, unless the UN complies with its demands concerning the scope and the composition of the fact-finding mission. Continue reading
Apr 30 Watch Staying in Power In a controversial referendum, Pakistani voters deliver a vote of confidence to President Pervez Musharraf. Continue watching
Apr 29 Turkey to Take Command of Afghan Peacekeeping Force Turkey announced on Monday it would officially assume leadership of the international peacekeeping team in Afghanistan from British forces for the next six months. Continue reading
Apr 29 High Court Narrows Scope of Disabilities Act By Admin A divided Supreme Court ruled Monday that the needs of disabled workers do not normally outweigh an employer's seniority policies. Continue reading
Apr 29 Nine Killed in Hebron Raid; Israel Agrees to Lift Restrictions on Arafat Israeli tanks and troops raided the West Bank city of Hebron shortly before dawn Monday, killing at least nine and arresting some 17 Palestinians. Continue reading
Apr 29 Watch World Views: President Bush's Foreign Policy From violence in the Middle East to involvement in Iraq, experts assess President Bush's foreign policy. Continue watching
Apr 29 Watch Stalemate Broken? Gwen Ifill talks with Hisham Melhem, Washington correspondent for the Beirut newspaper As-Safir, and David Makovsky, a senior fellow for the Washington Institute for Near East Policy about the Middle East agreement that would allow Yasser Arafat to leave his… Continue watching