Nov 21 Thousands Protest U.S. Security Deal in Baghdad By PBS News Hour As Iraqi lawmakers spar over approval of a new U.S.-Iraqi security deal, scores of followers of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr took to the streets Friday to protest the pact, chanting slogans and burning an effigy of President George W. Continue reading
Nov 12 Watch Justices Side With Navy in Sonar Dispute, Hear Religious Monument Case The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday to lift restrictions on use of sonar in U.S. Navy training exercises off the California coast. Marcia Coyle of the National Law Journal discusses the decision plus arguments in a church and state separation case. Continue watching
Nov 10 Watch Military, VA Confront Rising Suicide Rates Among Troops The Army says that suicides among active duty personnel have doubled in recent years, and multiple deployments might contribute to that increase. NewsHour correspondent Betty Ann Bowser reports. Continue watching
Nov 06 U.N. Says Violence Spreading in Eastern Congo By PBS News Hour U.N. peacekeepers found the bodies of a dozen shot citizens in an eastern Congo village occupied by Tutsi rebels, who have seized more territory in North Kivu province, the United Nations said Thursday. Continue reading
Oct 27 Syria Accuses U.S. of Killing Eight in Deadly Border Raid By PBS News Hour A funeral was held Monday for eight civilians killed in an attack on an eastern Syrian village on the Iraq border that Syria claims was carried out by U.S. forces. Continue reading
Oct 23 Suspects on Trial for Planning to Incite Coup in Turkey By Admin, PBS News Hour A massive trial underway in Turkey -- involving retired military generals, journalists, politicians and a university rector accused of trying to create the conditions for a coup -- might have far-reaching political and military implications. Continue reading
Oct 08 Turkey Reauthorizes Strikes Against Kurdish Rebels in Iraq By PBS News Hour Turkey's Parliament voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to extend by another year military operations against Kurdish rebels in Iraq. The move followed a weekend attack on Turkish soldiers that killed 17. Continue reading
Oct 07 Anti-Government Protests Rattle Thailand By PBS News Hour Thousands of anti-government protesters barricaded Thailand's parliament Tuesday, leading to clashes with riot police and to the deployment of troops to curb political unrest on the streets of Bangkok. Continue reading
Sep 18 Rice Slams 'Aggressive' Russian Policies in Speech By PBS News Hour U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice offered sharp criticisms of Russia Thursday, saying that the West must stand up to its "bullying" and that Russia's policies have put it on a path to isolation and irrelevance. Continue reading
Sep 12 Watch In Republican Stronghold of Va., Democrats Make Inroads In the second in a series of reports on the election battleground of Virginia, Jeffrey Brown takes a look at the Hampton Roads area in the southeastern part of the commonwealth, a traditionally Republican stronghold. Continue watching