May 20 Watch News Wrap: Thai army declares martial law By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, Thailand’s military bypassed the country’s government and declared martial law in an effort to restore peace and order, denying it was a coup. Six months of political crisis in Thailand have sparked protests and deadly… Continue watching
May 14 Watch News Wrap: Anger grows as death toll skyrockets from Turkish coal mine collapse By PBS News Hour Continue watching
May 14 Pentagon: U.S. military drones aid search for kidnapped Nigerian girls By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press The Pentagon said Wednesday that they have deployed at least one Global Hawk UAV to search for kidnapped girls in Nigeria. Continue reading
May 13 Watch U.S. military sends plane to scan for abducted girls in Nigeria By PBS News Hour Nigeria's government confirmed that a "window of negotiation" is open to Boko Haram with respect to the return of hundreds of teenage girls kidnapped from a school in a remote village. Meanwhile the U.S. began manned surveillance flights over the… Continue watching
May 12 Watch Will Nigeria’s government acknowledge Boko Haram’s prisoner exchange proposal? By PBS News Hour Continue watching
May 12 Watch Boko Haram releases video of missing girls, seeking trade for prisoners By PBS News Hour Continue watching
May 12 Video reportedly shows girls abducted by Boko Haram By News Desk The AFP obtained a video on Monday reportedly showing the Nigerian girls being held by Boko Haram. In the video, Abubakar Shekau, the leader of Boko Haram demands the release of imprisoned islamic militants in exchange for the release of… Continue reading
May 10 Watch Kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls face serious risks By PBS News Hour The Nigerian schoolgirls abducted by the extremist group Boko Haram face serious risks including malaria-carrying mosquitoes, unsafe drinking water and poisonous snakes. That’s according to Michelle Faul of the Associated Press, who spoke with Hari Sreenivasan from Lagos, Nigeria about… Continue watching
May 10 Michelle Obama speaks out on kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls By Darlene Superville, Associated Press Michelle Obama on Saturday decried the kidnapping of scores of Nigerian schoolgirls who have been missing for nearly a month and used their plight to speak out for the rights of girls everywhere to get an education. Continue reading
May 09 Watch How rescuing the abducted Nigerian girls became an international cause By PBS News Hour Nearly a month since the Islamist group Boko Haram attacked a village in Nigeria and made off with more than 300 girls, that country’s government and military have been criticized for failing to do more. Amnesty International has reported that… Continue watching