Feb 20 Al-Jazeera journalists facing trial in Egypt plead not guilty By Sarah Sheffer Three Al-Jazeera journalists facing trial in Egypt pleaded not guilty on Thursday to terrorism-related charges. The high-profile case was adjourned until March 5 after the 40-minute hearing. The journalists have been held in Cairo’s maximum security Torah Prison, facing charges… Continue reading
Feb 19 Watch 9:30 Looking to the past to understand Arab Spring struggles and success By PBS News Hour What differentiates Tunisia in its progress establishing a young democracy, while other countries inspired by the Arab Spring have floundered? What are the lasting consequences for nations that have plunged into long-term conflict? Jeffrey Brown asks for an assessment from… Continue watching
Feb 19 Watch Nations inflamed by Arab Spring yield different fates By PBS News Hour Three years ago, protests in Tunisia ignited a regional revolution known as the Arab Spring that has produced decidedly mixed results. Jeffrey Brown examines the outcome for Tunisia as well as the ongoing turmoil in Libya and Egypt. Continue watching
Feb 16 Strike on bus kills tourists, bus driver in Sinai peninsula By Kayla Ruble At least three South Korean tourists and an Egyptian bus driver were killed in a tour bus bombing in the Sinai peninsula on Sunday. Continue reading
Feb 01 What we’re watching Saturday By Kayla Ruble PBS NewsHour is following the news of the day, from Bangkok to New Orleans. Continue reading
Jan 28 Watch News Wrap: Unaccustomed to severe cold, South braces for deep freeze By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jan 27 What if China, Syria, North Korea, Iran and Egypt had to give a State of the Union? By Larisa Epatko The U.S Constitution requires the president to "give to Congress information of the State of the Union." But what would such a speech look like in nations where there is no such requirement, if the government was in disarray, or… Continue reading
Jan 24 Bomb blasts in Cairo kill six, wound 100 By News Desk Four bomb blasts in Cairo — one at police headquarters and three elsewhere in the city — killed six people and wounded roughly 100 Friday morning. The bombings are considered one of the most significant attacks on Egypt’s… Continue reading
Jan 23 Newly discovered mummy proves existence of long-forgotten Egyptian dynasty By News Desk A painted scene of the goddesses Neith and Nut, protecting the canopic shrine of the pharaoh Senebkay. Photo by Jennifer Wegner/Penn Museum When archaeologists from the University of Pennsylvania came across the tomb of King Senebkay in… Continue reading