Apr 18 Watch How will U.S. deliver consequences if Eastern Ukraine conflict doesn’t improve? By PBS News Hour Ben Rhodes, deputy national security adviser for strategic communications, joins Judy Woodruff to discuss the Geneva deal, escalating unrest in Ukraine and the prospect of imposing additional sanctions on Russia. Continue watching
Apr 17 Watch U.S. cautious about diplomatic deal to calm conflict in Ukraine By PBS News Hour After several hours of negotiation, diplomats including Secretary of State John Kerry and Russia’s Sergei Lavrov announced a tentative agreement to ease conflict in Eastern Ukraine. But can Russia and Ukraine actually agree on the real terms of the deal?… Continue watching
Apr 17 Watch Tentative diplomatic deal for Eastern Ukraine follows night of deadly violence By PBS News Hour Three pro-Russian protesters were killed in a clash overnight with Ukrainian troops in the east. Lindsey Hilsum from Independent Television News reports from Donetsk. After negotiations in Geneva, Secretary of State John Kerry and his counterparts from Ukraine, Russia and… Continue watching
Apr 17 Putin admits unmarked soldiers in Ukraine were Russian; optimistic about Geneva talks By Willis Raburu For a long time, Russian President Vladimir Putin remained silent over the involvement of Russian troops in Crimea. However, speaking on a televised call-in show Thursday, Putin admitted for the first time that the troops present in Crimea wearing… Continue reading
Apr 16 Watch U.S. grapples with how to assist Ukraine By PBS News Hour Chief foreign correspondent Margaret Warner joins Gwen Ifill to analyze the involvement and guidance coming from the U.S., as the Ukrainian military attempts to reclaim territory in the eastern part of the country. They also discuss the upcoming diplomacy talks… Continue watching
Jan 31 Watch Syria talks end without clear progress or assurance of an encore By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jan 31 Watch Who’s to blame for failed Syrian peace talks, and what’s next? By PBS News Hour Andrew Tabler of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and Joshua Landis of the University of Oklahoma join Jeffrey Brown to discuss their reactions to the first round of Syrian peace talks, the delays for the Assad regime in… Continue watching
Jan 24 Syrian government, opposition enter indirect but uncertain talks in Geneva By News Desk U.N. envoy Lakhdar Brahimi met separately with representatives of the Syrian government and opposition Friday as both sides expressed doubts in the negotiations in Geneva, Switzerland to end Syria's civil war. Continue reading
Jan 17 Watch As Geneva talks approach, Syrian opposition undecided about attendance By PBS News Hour The Western-backed Syrian National Coalition is currently meeting in Istanbul to vote on whether it will go to upcoming talks in Geneva, aimed at bringing a political resolution to the war in Syria. Hari Sreenivasan talks to chief foreign correspondent… Continue watching
Nov 25 Watch Interim deal on Iran nuclear program draws cautious support as well as criticism Interim deal on Iran nuclear program draws cautious support as well as criticism… Continue watching