May 08 Watch ‘Slow progress’ for U.S. on addressing terror insurgencies in Africa By PBS News Hour Continue watching
May 07 Watch Can outside nations help rescue missing Nigerian girls? By PBS News Hour A small team of U.S. specialists will head to Nigeria to help efforts in locating more than 270 girls who were kidnapped from a boarding school -- a provocative attack that has drawn international outrage. To examine expectations for U.S. Continue watching
May 07 Watch U.S., U.K. pledge help finding abducted Nigerian schoolgirls By PBS News Hour Deadly unrest continued in Nigeria, where hundreds of people were killed in another militant attack. The uncertain fate of more than 270 abducted schoolgirls continues to haunt the country and the girls’ community in particular. The U.S. and U.K. are… Continue watching
May 06 Watch News Wrap: More girls abducted in Nigeria after militants went door-to-door, reports say By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, Islamist militants have reportedly abducted more girls in Nigeria’s northeast, in addition to the some 270 schoolgirls kidnapped last month. Men went door-to-door, taking girls ages 12 to 15, said witnesses and police. Also, the… Continue watching
May 05 Watch Distress over kidnapped girls fuels protest against Nigerian government By PBS News Hour The abduction of hundreds of schoolgirls by Boko Haram in Nigeria has provoked strong feelings of distrust and anxiety about the disorganization and vulnerability of the government. Jeffrey Brown talks to Carl LeVan of American University and Mojubaolu Okome of… Continue watching
May 05 Watch Nigerians show outrage over militant’s threat to sell abducted schoolgirls with little government opposition By PBS News Hour Hundreds of protesters in Lagos, Nigeria, demanded its government ramp-up the search for the more than 250 girls who were kidnapped from a boarding school and are still missing. Nigeria’s first lady has accused protest leaders of fabricating the crisis. Continue watching
Jul 15 Watch Iranian Scientist’s Homecoming Ends Long, Mysterious Saga With nuclear scientist Shahram Amiri back in Iran, Jim Lehrer talks to Greg Miller of the Washington Post and former CIA case officer Arthur Keller for more insight into what this development means for the two countries. Continue watching
Jul 15 Watch Iranian Scientist Claiming U.S. Abduction Returns Home to Hero’s Welcome After months saying the United States held him against his will, scientist Shahram Amiri returned home to Iran. Jim Lehrer reports. Continue watching
Jul 14 Watch News Wrap: Federal Reserve Lowers Economic Growth Forecast In other news Wednesday, the Federal Reserve said that its latest estimate for economic growth will not be as high as it predicted in April. Continue watching
Jun 20 Watch Two Missing U.S. Troops Found Dead in Iraq The bodies of two American soldiers who disappeared Friday after an insurgent attack on a checkpoint were discovered late Monday and showed signs of having been tortured, according to the Iraqi military. Continue watching