Aug 19 Watch News Wrap: Mideast cease-fire collapses after new Gaza rocket attacks By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Aug 18 Watch News Wrap: Refugee convoy attacked in eastern Ukraine By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, the Ukrainian military reported that dozens of civilians were killed when a convoy of refugees came under rocket fire near the rebel-held city of Luhansk. Government officials and the separatists have blamed each other for… Continue watching
Aug 13 Obama talks to Israel’s Netanyahu as cease-fire expires By Associated Press EDGARTOWN, Mass. -- President Barack Obama consulted by telephone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Wednesday as a 72-hour cease-fire in the Gaza Strip neared expiration. The AP also reports from Jerusalem that rocket fire into Israel came as Palestinian… Continue reading
Aug 11 Watch News Wrap: Iraq’s president taps Abadi to replace Maliki as prime minister By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Aug 08 Watch News Wrap: New fighting casts doubt on Mideast negotiations By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, Hamas militants in Gaza launched more than 50 rockets at Israel before the end of a three-day truce. Israel answered with airstrikes, killing at least five people, according to Palestinian officials. Also, rival presidential candidates… Continue watching
Aug 08 U.S. condemns renewed violence in Israel-Gaza By Associated Press The White House is condemning the renewed rocket fire in the conflict between Israel and militants in the Gaza Strip and urging both sides to cease hostilities immediately. Continue reading
Aug 07 Watch News Wrap: Kerry visits Afghanistan to press election resolution By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, Secretary of State John Kerry urged Afghanistan’s opposing presidential candidates to accept results from an ongoing audit of the runoff election. Also, several thousand Palestinians marched in support of Hamas on the final day of… Continue watching
Aug 06 Watch News Wrap: Investigators piece together killing of U.S. Army general in Afghanistan By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, investigators said an Afghan soldier hid in a bathroom before opening fire on a group of foreign and Afghan officers, killing an American Army general. Also, an Israeli official told Reuters that his government is… Continue watching
Aug 06 Indirect talks begin in Cairo as Gaza ceasefire holds into second day By Justin Scuiletti A 72-hour ceasefire between Israel and Hamas continued into a second day Wednesday as both sides prepared to enter into indirect, formal talks in Cairo, Egypt. Continue reading
Aug 05 Watch 8:22 In Israel-Hamas conflict, have both sides reached point of diminishing returns? By PBS News Hour Continue watching