Apr 28 Watch 25:08 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode April 28, 2018 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Saturday, April 28, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo addresses NATO and meets with key U.S. allies, and coal ash raises concerns over health risks in Puerto Rico. Also, Alfie Evans, the British toddler at the center… Continue watching
Apr 27 Deadly violence erupts again in Gaza at Israeli border fence By Fares Akram, Associated Press Hundreds of Palestinians converged on the Gaza Strip's border fence with Israel on Friday, trying to rip through it before drawing heavy Israeli fire. Continue reading
Apr 21 Hamas says man gunned down in Malaysia was important member By Fares Akram, Associated Press Gaza's ruling Hamas militant group said Saturday that a man who was gunned down in Malaysia was an important member of the organization, raising suspicions that Israel was behind the brazen killing. Continue reading
Apr 20 Israeli fire in new Gaza border protest kills 4 Palestinians By Fares Akram, Karin Laub, Associated Press Israeli soldiers firing Friday from across a border fence killed four Palestinians, including a 15-year-old boy, and wounded more than 150, health officials said, as several thousands of people in blockaded Gaza staged a fourth round of weekly protests on… Continue reading
Apr 12 On Holocaust Remembrance Day, Israeli and Polish presidents march from Auschwitz to Birkenau By Vanessa Gera, Associated Press "Our common presence here shows the world: Never again anti-Semitism, never again genocide, never again Holocaust," Andrzej Duda of Poland said during a joint news conference. Continue reading
Apr 10 Watch 4:24 News Wrap: China's Xi Jinping offers to lower trade barriers By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, Chinese President Xi Jinping renewed offers to lower trade barriers to China's markets, setting off a stock market rally. Xi said Beijing will significantly lower automobile tariffs and strengthen intellectual property protections. Also, the Organization… Continue watching
Apr 09 Israel blamed for missile strike on Syrian air base By Zeina Karam and Bassem Mroue, Associated Press Russia and the Syrian military blamed Israel for a pre-dawn missile attack Monday on a major air base in central Syria that reportedly killed 14 people, including Iranians, while international condemnation grew over a suspected poison gas attack over the… Continue reading
Apr 08 ICC says Israel, Hamas acts on Gaza border may be war crimes By Ilan Ben Zion, Associated Press In a statement, Fatou Bensouda's office expressed "grave concern" over the shootings of Palestinians by Israeli troops. Continue reading
Apr 07 Watch 24:59 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode April 7, 2018 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Saturday, April 7, the Texas National Guard will be deployed to the U.S.-Mexico border, and embattled EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt's security detail has cost taxpayers nearly $3 million. Also, a look at education issues in Oklahoma… Continue watching
Apr 07 Gaza buries journalist killed while covering mass protests By Faras Akram, Associated Press Yasser Murtaja died from a gunshot wound he sustained while covering protests near the Israeli border. Witnesses described a chaotic scene but said he was more than 100 meters from the border, wearing a flak jacket marked "press" and holding… Continue reading