Nov 14 Watch 5:02 How the Paris attacks may affect the U.S.-led war on ISIS By PBS News Hour On Friday, the U.S. began airstrikes against ISIS in Libya. That day, multiple, coordinated attacks in Paris killed more than 100 people and injured hundreds more. Anthony Cordesman from the Center for Strategic and International Studies joins Hari Sreenivasan from… Continue watching
Nov 14 Paris attacks give G-20 summit new urgency By Associated Press The global anxiety sparked by a series of deadly attacks in Paris by the Islamic State group has given new urgency to President Barack Obama's upcoming talks with world leaders… Continue reading
Nov 14 International manhunt underway as inquiry in Paris terror attack widens By Elisabeth Ponsot Authorities launched an international search Sunday for a suspect wanted in connection with the wave of coordinated terror attacks that hit several locations in Paris on Friday, killing at least 129 people. Continue reading
Nov 13 U.S. ‘reasonably certain’ Jihadi John is dead By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press WASHINGTON — A U.S. drone strike targeted a vehicle in Syria believed to be transporting the masked Islamic State militant known as "Jihadi John," according to American officials. Whether the strike killed the British man who appears in several videos… Continue reading
Nov 12 Watch 54:22 PBS NewsHour full episode Nov. 12, 2015 By PBS News Hour Thursday on the NewsHour, a look at the free speech vs. hate speech debate taking place on college campuses. Also: A culture clash for refugee newcomers in Sweden, empowering students to learn without teachers, honoring a soldier who saved his… Continue watching
Nov 08 Congress dodging war powers despite U.S. mission in Syria By Deb Riechmann, Associated Press In the fight against the Islamic State group, members of Congress talk tough against extremism, but many want to run for cover when it comes to voting on new war powers to fight the militants, preferring to let the president… Continue reading
Nov 05 Americans souring on Obama’s Islamic State plan, poll finds By Josh Lederman, Emily Swanson, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Americans are souring on President Barack Obama's approach to fighting the Islamic State, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll that also found deep pessimism about U.S. prospects for success in Afghanistan and uncertainty about Obama's plan to leave… Continue reading
Nov 01 Questions swirl over Russian plane crash in Egypt that killed 224 By Daniel Costa-Roberts New information has emerged about the Russian passenger jet the crashed in the Sinai Peninsula Saturday, though many questions remain about the disaster, whose cause is yet uncertain. Continue reading
Oct 31 More than 200 dead after Russian airliner crashes in Egypt’s Sinai By Daniel Costa-Roberts MetroJet flight 9268 and its 224 passengers and crew lifted off from the Egyptian resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh shortly before 6 a.m. Saturday morning. Just 23 minutes later, the flight lost contact with ground control and plunged more than… Continue reading
Oct 31 U.S. troops in Syria will only fight Islamic State, Kerry says By Bradley Klapper, Associated Press U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says American special operations troops being sent to Syria will only fight Islamic State militants and won't become involved in the long-running civil war. Continue reading