Jan 09 Watch 11:47 Shields and Brooks on Paris terrorism and tolerance, GOP takeover in Congress By PBS News Hour Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss this week’s news, including the geopolitical and social consequences of the terrorist attacks in France, as well as what to expect from the new… Continue watching
Jan 09 Watch 7:42 High volume of potential threats challenges Western counterterrorism efforts By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jan 09 Watch 3:19 At the end of Paris terror standoffs, questions about French security efforts By PBS News Hour Three days of terror in France ended with the deaths of three gunmen, including Said and Cherif Kouachi, brothers suspected of killing 12 people in Paris. That raid at a printing plant followed a nearly simultaneous assault at a kosher… Continue watching
Dec 14 Hostage situation unfolds at cafe in Sydney By Elisabeth Ponsot Police are responding after at least one gunman reportedly took hostages at a cafe in Sydney on Monday morning. Continue reading
Sep 03 Watch Ukraine, Syria, Iraq and Islamic State — What should Obama do? By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Sep 03 Watch News Wrap: Two men freed, 30 years after murder conviction By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, 50-year-old Henry McCollum and his half-brother Leon Brown were set free from prison in North Carolina, 30 years after they were falsely convicted of raping and murdering an 11-year-old girl. DNA evidence shows the girl… Continue watching
Sep 02 Watch Islamic State declares beheading of U.S. reporter Steven Sotloff By PBS News Hour In a gruesome video, Islamic State radicals purportedly beheaded Steven Sotloff -- a 31-year-old American freelancer who went missing in Syria last year. In the video posted on Aug. 19 of the beheading of James Foley, the militant group warned… Continue watching
Aug 27 Watch American hostages renew focus on U.S. ransom policy By PBS News Hour After 22 months in captivity, American journalist Peter Theo Curtis spoke publicly for the first time since his release from an al-Qaida affiliate in Syria. Meanwhile, Islamic State militants have threatened to kill journalist Steven Sotloff unless the U.S. stops… Continue watching
Dec 13 Watch Disappearance of CIA contractor Levinson in Iran caused agency shake-up Disappearance of CIA contractor Levinson in Iran caused agency shake-up… Continue watching
Feb 04 Watch News Wrap: FBI Rescues Boy After Week-Long Hostage Standoff in Alabama In other news Monday, the FBI stormed a bunker in Alabama in order to rescue a 5-year-old boy from a week-long hostage standoff. Also, a suicide bomber in Iraq struck an anti al-Qaeda milita, killing at least 22 and wounding… Continue watching