May 12 Watch News Wrap: Wyoming and Colorado buried in snow after late spring storm By PBS News Hour Continue watching
May 06 Maternal deaths down in Afghanistan with help from community workers By Larisa Epatko One of the bright spots in Save the Children’s 15th annual ranking of the best and worst countries to be a mother, released Monday, is the progress Afghanistan has made improving maternal health. Continue reading
May 05 Watch News Wrap: UN says polio outbreak is global emergency By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, the World Health Organization has declared a global health emergency amid outbreaks of polio across Asia, Africa and the Middle East. The U.N. agency says the number of new cases last year nearly doubled to… Continue watching
May 03 Officials losing hope in Afghanistan landslide rescue mission By Kayla Ruble Officials in Afghanistan have largely given up hope for uncovering more survivors from a landslide that hit northern Afghanistan on Friday, leaving more than 2,000 people dead. Continue reading
May 02 Watch News Wrap: Massive landslide engulfs village in Afghanistan By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, at least 350 people were killed in a landslide in Afghanistan, while 2,000 others may still be trapped. The slide engulfed a village in the country’s mountainous northeast, according to the U.N. mission in that… Continue watching
May 02 Hundreds dead in landslide in northeastern Afghanistan By News Desk A United Nations spokesperson says that at least 350 people have died in a landslide in Badakhshan province in northeastern Afghanistan. Continue reading
Apr 30 Watch Is Obama’s foreign policy doctrine working? By PBS News Hour Little progress on a broad Pacific trade agreement and challenging dynamics in Ukraine and the Mideast peace process have prompted new criticism for President Obama’s foreign policy. Gwen Ifill gets reaction from Nicholas Burns of Harvard University, Trudy Rubin of… Continue watching
Apr 24 Watch News Wrap: Three American doctors killed by Afghan guard in Kabul By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Apr 24 Afghan gunman kills three Americans at Kabul hospital By Sarah Corapi A shooting at a hospital in Kabul Thursday morning claimed the lives of three American physicians and wounded one American nurse -- one of a recent string of attacks against foreign civilians in Afghanistan. The assailant -- an Afghan… Continue reading
Apr 24 Taliban signals willingness to release captive U.S. soldier, military officials say By Deb Riechmann, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- The captors of an American soldier held for nearly five years in Afghanistan have signaled a willingness to release him but are unclear which U.S. government officials have the authority to make a deal, according to two individuals… Continue reading