Jan 11 Quick Take: Obama’s Foreign Policy One Year In By Larisa Epatko As the year mark into Barack Obama's presidency approaches, several analysts offer their takes on where American foreign policy stands. Continue reading
Dec 30 Watch Other News: Afghan Suicide Attack Kills At Least 8 Americans In other news, at least 8 Americans were killed by a suicide bombing in Afghanistan Wednesday, and hardline government supporters protested in Iran. Continue watching
Dec 28 Watch New Clashes Test Iranian Regime’s Grip on Tehran In the wake of weekend protests in Iran that left at least eight people dead, Margaret Warner speaks with a pair of experts about the enduring opposition movement. Continue watching
Dec 28 Watch Deadly Clashes in Iran Spark Another Government Crackdown About 300 people, including at least seven prominent opposition leaders, have been jailed in Iran following renewed protests over the weekend, the largest in six months. Continue watching
Dec 25 Watch Chinese Dissident’s Prison Sentence Draws Rebuke A Chinese court has sentenced a prominent political dissident to 11 years in prison. Margaret Warner recaps the developments. Continue watching
Dec 23 In Iran, Memorials for Dissident Cleric Morph Into Protests By Larisa Epatko Opposition protests and a smattering of anti-government counter-demonstrations continued in Iran on Wednesday, three days after the death of the country's most senior dissident cleric, Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri. Continue reading
Dec 23 Watch News Wrap: Plan to Close Gitmo Hits New Delays In other news, President Obama's plan to close the detention center at Guantanamo Bay has run into new hurdles, and the State Department said in a report that U.S. efforts to stop the opium trade in Afghanistan is failing. Continue watching
Dec 21 Iranians Mourn Passing of Dissident Cleric By Larisa Epatko Iranians amassed in Qom on Monday to mourn the loss of dissident cleric, Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, considered the spiritual voice of the opposition movement. Continue reading
Dec 21 Watch Iranian Cleric’s Death Sparks Renewed Protests Tens of thousands of mourners took to the streets of the Iranian city of Qom on Sunday to honor a founding father of modern Iran and to protest the government he came to oppose. Continue watching
Dec 16 Watch Other News: FTC Accuses Intel of Antitrust Violations In other news, the Federal Trade Commission filed suit against Intel for allegedly trying to unfairly stifle competition, and the House voted to let the government borrow another $290 billion over six weeks. Continue watching