Jan 29 Watch 5:25 News Wrap: Islamic State prisoner swap deadline passes By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, the Jordanian government demanded confirmation that a pilot held hostage by the Islamic State is still alive before they release a female prisoner in a ransom deal. Also, an Afghan soldier killed three American security… Continue watching
Jan 29 ‘I am Kenji’ Facebook page rallies around Japanese hostage By Larisa Epatko A hastily constructed Facebook page, titled “I am Kenji,” calls for Islamic State militants to free Japanese journalist Kenji Goto. His captors gave a deadline of sundown Thursday to work out a prisoner swap for a female attempted suicide bomber. Continue reading
Jan 28 Watch 8:37 Is it time to open the door to better relations with Iran? By PBS News Hour Historian Robert Kaplan says that geo-political necessities have given longtime enemies, the United States and Iran, some pressing common interests. Is it time to open the door to a working relationship? As part of a collaboration between The Atlantic and… Continue watching
Jan 28 Watch 6:15 What’s behind Islamic State’s prisoner swap demand? By PBS News Hour The Jordanian government said it would release a female Iraqi suicide bomber who had been sentenced to death, in exchange for a pilot captured by the Islamic State in December. Chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Warner joins Gwen Ifill to… Continue watching
Jan 27 Watch U.K. government and community groups struggle to stop Islamic radicalization spike By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jan 27 Watch 9:40 News Wrap: Snowstorm buries Boston, spares New York By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, blizzard conditions hit parts of southeastern New England with deep snow and high winds. Also, the Islamic State released a new threat to kill a Japanese hostage and a Jordanian pilot. Continue watching
Jan 26 Watch 8:02 For Muslims in U.K., not feeling ‘British’ can lead some to extremism By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jan 24 Watch 3:50 After hostage execution, Japan devotes ‘all efforts’ to rescue second from ISIS By PBS News Hour After the recent reported execution of a Japanese hostage by the Islamic State, the clock is ticking yet again to rescue another Japanese hostage still being held in Syria. Hajime Ozaki, the New York bureau chief at Kyodo News Agency,… Continue watching
Jan 24 Obama says terror group has killed Japanese hostage By Julie Pace, Associated Press President Barack Obama is condemning what he calls "the brutal murder" of a Japanese hostage by the Islamic State group. Continue reading
Jan 24 Japanese hostage reportedly executed in Syria By Andrew Mach Japanese officials condemned the apparent execution of Haruna Yukawa, a 42-year-old unemployed widower who went to Syria in July and was captured the next month. Continue reading