Jun 09 Watch Guantanamo Detainee Transferred to New York Court A Guantanamo detainee arrived in New York Tuesday and was arraigned in federal court on charges stemming from the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Africa. A New York Times reporter provides an update. Continue watching
Oct 29 U.S. Embassy in Damascus Could Close as Tension Rises By PBS News Hour The U.S. Embassy in Syria may close to the public for security reasons after a deadly raid near the country's border with Iraq caused public outcry against the United States. Continue reading
Sep 18 Sweep Nets 25 Arrests After U.S. Embassy Attack By PBS News Hour At least 25 militants with suspected links to al-Qaida were arrested in connection with Wednesday's coordinated ambush of the U.S. Embassy in Yemen's capital that killed 17, including a young Yemeni-American woman and her Yemeni husband. Continue reading
Jul 07 Watch U.S. Hostages Speak Out After Captivity in Colombia Three U.S. military contractors who spent more than five years as hostages of in Colombia made their first public statements Monday about the rebel group and their experiences. Kwame Holman reports. Continue watching
Feb 13 Top Hezbollah Keader Killed in Syrian Bombing By Admin, PBS News Hour Imad Mughniyeh, a senior leader of the Shiite militant group Hezbollah and one of the world's most wanted terrorists, was killed Tuesday night in a car bombing in Syria, according to media reports. Continue reading
Feb 23 U.S. Marines Head to Haiti to Guard Embassy By PBS News Hour Fifty U.S. Marines left for Haiti on Monday to protect the American Embassy and diplomats as armed rebels overran the country's second-largest city, Cap-Haitien, and threatened to attack the capital, Port-au-Prince. Continue reading