Aug 13 Egyptian Foreign Minister on Mideast Peace Talks: ‘Difficult to Be Optimistic’ By Larisa Epatko As Israeli and Palestinian negotiators prepared to re-enter peace talks Wednesday in Jerusalem, Egypt's Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy said he considers the prospects to be "very, very difficult." His comments came in a web-only portion of an interview with PBS… Continue reading
Jul 30 Watch News Wrap: Pakistan Government Faces Criticism After Taliban Jailbreak In other news Tuesday, Taliban militants freed more than 250 inmates after storming a prison in Pakistan overnight. Also, Israelis and Palestinians agreed to try to work out a final status peace agreement within nine months after two days of… Continue watching
Jul 29 Watch Can Israel, Palestinians Find Formula to Make Progress on Peace? Can Israel, Palestinians Find Formula to Make Progress on Peace?… Continue watching
Jul 29 Watch Israelis, Palestinians Return to Face-to-Face Talks for First Time in Years After years of diplomatic deadlock, Israelis and Palestinians will return to the table to begin direct negotiations in Washington. But not all welcome the negotiations -- protests have begun in Tel Aviv and the West Bank. Gwen Ifill reports on… Continue watching
May 06 Watch Can the U.S. Avoid ‘Slippery Slope’ to Deeper Engagement in Syria? Can the U.S. Avoid 'Slippery Slope' to Deeper Engagement in Syria?… Continue watching
Apr 17 Watch News Wrap: Wife of Ex-Justice Charged with Murder of Texas District Attorney News Wrap: Wife of Ex-Justice Charged with Murder of Texas District Attorney… Continue watching
Apr 03 Watch News Wrap: Taliban Suicide Bombers Dressed as Officers Kill 53 in Afghanistan In other news Wednesday, Taliban members dressed as Afghan troops raided a courthouse in Western Afghanistan, killing at least 53 people. Also, President Barack Obama visited Colorado to spotlight that state's newly passed gun laws. Continue watching
Mar 22 Watch Obama Pledges Help to Jordan on the Syrian Refugee Crisis President Obama traveled to Amman, Jordan, the first Arab country he has visited since the Arab Spring uprising two years ago. In a joint press conference with King Abdullah, Mr. Obama pledged to help Jordan with the growing Syrian refugee… Continue watching
Mar 22 Watch In Call Brokered by Obama, Turkey’s Erdogan Gets Apology From Netanyahu On his last day in Israel, President Obama brokered a diplomatic exchange for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, who had not talked since before nine Turkish citizens were killed in 2010. Margaret Warner reports… Continue watching
Mar 21 Obama: Mideast Peace Process Must Continue, ‘Too Much Is at Stake’ By Larisa Epatko President Obama made the case for restarting the peace process before Palestinian and Israeli audiences Thursday. "We cannot give up on the search for peace no matter how hard it is. ... Too much is at stake."… Continue reading