Oct 22 Watch 54:20 PBS NewsHour full episode October 22, 2015 By PBS News Hour Thursday on the NewsHour, Hillary Clinton testifies before a Republican-led committee on the Benghazi attack. Also: American and Kurdish forces free Islamic State captives in Iraq, what happens when workers own a craft brewery, a priest’s mission to protect migrants… Continue watching
Oct 21 FBI director: Fewer Americans trying to join Islamic State abroad By Associated Press FBI Director James Comey says federal law enforcement has seen far fewer Americans try to travel abroad to join the Islamic State in recent months. Continue reading
Oct 17 Watch How ISIS built its own multi-million dollar industry by attacking oilfields By PBS News Hour In Iraq and Syria, the Islamic State finances much of its military from siphoning and selling oil, amounting to more than a million dollars a day, according to estimates. Erika Solomon, a reporter for the Financial Times, joins Hari Sreenivasan… Continue watching
Oct 15 Whistleblower releases documents into U.S. military’s drone program By Joshua Barajas For several years human rights groups have claimed that U.S. drone attacks have killed more civilians abroad than their intended targets. The Intercept published highly classified information Thursday that provided evidence, among other findings, that nearly 90 percent of people… Continue reading
Oct 14 Religious minorities face increased threats, U.S. report finds By Bradley Klapper, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Islamic State led a campaign of attacks last year by militant extremist groups on religious freedom in large swaths of the world, the State Department said in a report Wednesday, pointing to increasing threats to religious minorities… Continue reading
Oct 11 Watch 4:24 Ankara bombings roil ‘unprecedented’ political tensions in Turkey By PBS News Hour The bombings in Turkey on Saturday came as the country fights alongside the U.S. against ISIS militants in neighboring Syria and Iraq. Emre Peker, a reporter for The Wall Street Journal, joins Hari Sreenivasan via Skype from Istanbul to discuss… Continue watching
Oct 10 Twin blasts in Turkish capital kill dozens at peace rally By Elisabeth Ponsot Twin explosions carried out by suspected suicide bombers in Ankara, Turkey, killed dozens of people who had assembled in the capital city on Saturday to attend a peace rally. Continue reading
Oct 09 Pentagon to end Syrian rebel training program By Robert Burns, Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press LONDON — The U.S. will change the failed Syrian rebel training program to focus efforts on working with capable Kurdish and other forces in Syria, U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Friday. Continue reading
Sep 30 Iraqi PM says he supports Russian airstrikes against the Islamic State in Syria By Joshua Barajas Russia's President Vladimir Putin said he ordered airstrikes in Syria on Wednesday to fight Islamic State militants, a move that Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said he would welcome in Iraq, if needed. Continue reading
Sep 28 Watch 22:49 Watch Russian President Vladimir Putin’s full address to United Nations By PBS News Hour Continue watching