May 08 Watch 4:25 News Wrap: Obama touts trade deal at Nike headquarters By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, President Obama visited the Oregon headquarters of athletic apparel company Nike to promote the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Also, the Labor Department reported that employers added 223,000 jobs in April, up from March. The unemployment rate dropped… Continue watching
Apr 22 Watch 5:43 How Iran views Yemen conflict, nuclear sanctions By PBS News Hour Judy Woodruff talks to Thomas Erdbrink, Tehran bureau chief for the The New York Times, for a closer look at Iran’s involvement in Yemen, the Iranian nuclear negotiations, as well as Iran’s charges of espionage against American journalist Jason Rezaian. Continue watching
Apr 14 Foreigners stranded in Yemen await emergency flights By Larisa Epatko After more than a week of planning, the International Organization for Migration was able to fly 141 people out of Yemen’s capital Sanaa on Sunday before Saudi-led airstrikes began anew. Continue reading
Apr 07 Watch 7:04 What drove a small sect to take control of Yemen? By PBS News Hour The U.S. will speed up delivery of arms and intelligence to Saudi Arabia for the fight against Yemen’s Houthi rebels, according to the State Department. How did the Houthis rise to stage a government coup? Gwen Ifill learns more from… Continue watching
Mar 26 Watch 3:22 Yemen chaos takes another sharp turn with Saudi airstrikes By PBS News Hour In Yemen’s capital Sanaa, people awoke overnight to explosions as Saudi jets bombarded military targets. The goal of the operation, which killed at least 18 civilians, was to drive out Shiite Houthi rebels who have taken over much of the… Continue watching
Mar 26 Watch 7:30 What’s driving Saudi airstrikes in Yemen? By PBS News Hour Yemen has become the latest flashpoint in a long conflict between Tehran and Riyadh for regional dominance. What do the new developments mean for an already smoldering Sunni-Shia split in the Middle East? Judy Woodruff talks to David Rothkopf of… Continue watching
Mar 25 Watch 5:13 Who will fill Yemen’s power vacuum? By PBS News Hour In Yemen, Houthi Shiite rebels now control the capital, have spread south and west, and are making an advance on Aden, driving out President Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi. Who will rise to power and how does the turmoil affect the… Continue watching
Mar 25 Watch 1:31 Yemen’s government collapses after rebels offer bounty for President Hadi By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 20 Watch 1:58 Suicide bombers target mosques in Yemen By PBS News Hour In Yemen's capital city Sanaa, four bombings rocked two crowded mosques during Friday prayers. At least 137 people were killed, according to a report. The mosques are controlled by Shiite “Houthi” rebels who stormed the capital last fall and control… Continue watching
Feb 06 Yemen’s Houthi rebels claim takeover of country By Larisa Epatko In a televised announcement Friday from Yemen’s capital Sanaa, the powerful Houthi Shiite rebel group claimed to have dissolved parliament and taken over the country. Continue reading