Mar 22 Watch How the Brussels attacks affect the global fight against terror By PBS News Hour For the latest on the investigation into the morning’s terror attacks in Brussels, Judy Woodruff talks to Peter Spiegel of the Financial Times. Also, Gwen Ifill speaks with former counterterrorism official Rick Nelson of Cross Match Technologies and Lorenzo Vidino… Continue watching
Mar 22 Watch 4:55 Europe bolsters security after Brussels terror attacks By PBS News Hour The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for a series of terror attacks in Brussels Tuesday morning. Bombings at the airport and a subway station in the Belgian capital killed at least 31 people and injured more than 180, putting the… Continue watching
Mar 19 Prosecutor: Paris terror suspect planned to blow himself up at stadium By Michael D. Regan A key suspect captured by Belgian authorities on Friday in Brussels told investigators he planned on blowing himself up in during the attacks on Paris last November before changing his mind. Salah Abdeslam, a 26-year-old French citizen who was shot… Continue reading
Mar 15 House passes resolution condemning IS atrocities as genocide By Matthew Lee, Richard Lardner, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Ratcheting up the pressure on the Obama administration, the House has overwhelmingly approved a resolution that condemns as genocide the atrocities committed by the Islamic State group against Christians and other religious and ethnic minorities in Iraq and… Continue reading
Mar 12 Conviction in first ISIS trial in the U.S. underscores foreign fighter threat By Phil Hirschkorn On Wednesday at the Federal District Court in Brooklyn, Tairod Pugh became the first accused ISIS supporter to be convicted by a jury trial in the U.S. Continue reading
Mar 12 Kerry to decide whether Islamic State atrocities constitute genocide By Matthew Lee, Associated Press The Obama administration is nearing a decision on whether to formally declare that Islamic State group atrocities against religious minorities, including Christians, constitute "genocide."… Continue reading
Mar 10 Watch 5:01 News Wrap: Obama attributes Trump’s rise to obstructive GOP; leaks identify ISIS fighters By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, President Obama refused to accept blame for the rise of antiestablishment populists like Donald Trump in the 2016 election, saying that the fault lies with the GOP’s years of hardline opposition to his administration. Also:… Continue watching
Mar 06 At least 60 dead as suicide bombing strikes south of Baghdad By Michael D. Regan At least 60 people are dead following the latest in a string suicide bombings in Iraq, a nation fighting the encroachment of the Islamic State and internal conflicts sometimes divided across sectarian lines. Continue reading
Mar 03 Watch 6:42 ISIS is recruiting more children to carry out massacres By PBS News Hour A new report found there were three times as many suicide attacks in the Middle East committed by children this year compared to last. Experts blame Islamic State propaganda that glorifies martyrdom for indoctrinating orphaned and disaffected children to extremist… Continue watching
Mar 02 Watch 3:56 News Wrap: UN approves tough sanctions against North Korea for nuclear tests By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, the UN Security Council responded to North Korea’s recent nuclear tests by unanimously approving its toughest sanctions against the Communist state in 20 years. Also, a U.S. special operations unit captured a significant leader of… Continue watching