Oct 14 Watch News Wrap: West Africa's Ebola fatality rate rises to 70 percent By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, the World Health Organization updated its Ebola death count to 4,450 fatalities out of 8,900 cases. There could be 10,000 new cases per week within a month, according to the agency. Also, Amnesty International reported… Continue watching
Oct 09 Turkey, Kurd tensions worry U.S. in fight for Kobani By Lara Jakes, Matthew Lee, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Even as it prods Turkey to step up in the global fight against Islamic State militants, the United States is worried that Ankara might use military action to target Kurdish fighters who are the last line of defense… Continue reading
Oct 07 Watch News Wrap: Kurds protest Turkish government for protection against Islamic State By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned that a Syrian border town would likely fall to the Islamic State after a night of heavy fighting with Kurdish defenders. In Turkey, Paris and Brussels, Kurds protested the… Continue watching
Oct 06 Watch News Wrap: Neuroscientists to share Nobel in Medicine for discovering brain's 'GPS' By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, the Nobel Prize for Medicine was awarded to three neuroscientists for discovering the brain system that helps people orient themselves. Also, pro-democracy protests seemed to wane in Hong Kong. Talks have begun between the government… Continue watching
Sep 22 Watch Islamic State fighting near Syria-Turkey border sparks panicked exodus By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Sep 20 Thousands of Syrian Kurds flee to Turkey after Islamic State attacks By Rialda Zukic Thousands of Syrian Kurds have fled to Turkey since Friday after Islamic State fighters attacked dozens of villages. Continue reading
Sep 17 Kurdish drive for independence delayed by fight against Islamic State By Morgan Till Fuad Hussein, the chief of staff to Kurdistan's regional president, spoke with Margaret Warner about the Kurds’ drive for greater autonomy and where initial steps to conduct a referendum on leaving Iraq -- and declaring independence -- stand as the… Continue reading
Sep 17 Watch Kurdish drive for independence delayed by fight against Islamic State By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Sep 12 Watch Bill Clinton celebrates 20 years of AmeriCorps, talks Islamic State strategy and midterm election outlook By PBS News Hour In the 20 years since President Bill Clinton signed the AmeriCorps National Service Program into existence, more than 900,000 participants have worked on service projects across the U.S. They've tutored kids, aided communities after disaster and fought hunger. The former… Continue watching
Sep 08 Watch U.S. and allies prepare new campaign against Islamic State By PBS News Hour President Obama outlined a multi-step plan to defeat the Islamic State group in an interview on Sunday. According to reports, the expanded air offensive could last years, but the president insisted that it would not include combat troops and that… Continue watching