Sep 07 WATCH: Trump says North Korea is 'behaving badly and it's got to stop' By Matthew Lee, Associated Press Trump and Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah are expected to speak around 1:30 p.m. ET. Watch live here. Continue reading
Jul 21 Tillerson urges Qatar's neighbors to lift land blockade By Associated Press Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is urging Qatar's neighbors to lift a land blockade as a "sign of good faith" in negotiations to resolve the Persian Gulf diplomatic crisis. Continue reading
Jul 17 Watch 3:53 News Wrap: Princeton grad student sentenced to 10 years in Iran By PBS News Hour In the our news wrap Monday, officials at Princeton University insisted that a Chinese-American grad student who was jailed in Iran is innocent. Iranian courts announced Sunday that Xiyue Wang was sentenced to 10 years in prison for spying. Also,… Continue watching
Jul 11 Watch 3:37 News Wrap: Tillerson visits Qatar to mend Persian Gulf rift By PBS News Hour In the our news wrap Tuesday, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson traveled to Qatar in hopes of resolving a rift with its Persian Gulf neighbors. Also, the U.S. military confirmed that 15 Marines and a Navy Corpsman died earlier this… Continue watching
Jun 24 After demands aired, solution to Qatar crisis seems far off By Josh Lederman and Adam Schreck, Associated Press Faced with a sweeping set of demands, Qatar insisted Friday it can indefinitely survive the economic and diplomatic steps its neighbors have taken to try to pressure it into compliance. Continue reading
Jun 23 Turkey rejects demands from Gulf Arab states in Qatar dispute By Josh Lederman, Adam Schreck, Associated Press The demand that Turkey pull out its forces was one of a steep list of ultimatums from Saudi Arabia and others Qatari neighbors. Continue reading
Jun 17 Watch 4:15 U.S. sells arms to Qatar, complicating Gulf dispute By PBS News Hour Days after President Donald Trump said that Qatar funds terrorism, his administration signed a $12 billion deal to sell three dozen F-15 fight jets to the small Gulf Coast country. The deal comes after Saudi Arabia, Egypt and other Arab… Continue watching
Jun 09 Watch 4:29 News Wrap: Trump calls out Qatar over extremism funding By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, President Trump during a news conference dove back into the diplomatic row over Qatar, saying the nation must do more to fight extremism. Also, the president said he “absolutely” supports NATO’s Article 5, a provision… Continue watching
Jun 09 VIDEO: President Trump, Secretary Tillerson take different tacks on Qatar By Larisa Epatko President Trump's criticism of the Arab nation contrasted with remarks Tillerson made just hours before, in which he said the emir of Qatar was making an effort to halt financial support of extremist groups… Continue reading
Jun 07 Watch 2:56 News Wrap: Eighth victim of London Bridge attack found By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, the death toll from Saturday’s deadly attack on London Bridge rose to eight after police recovered the body of a 45-year-old Frenchman who had been missing. Authorities also made an additional arrest. Also, President Trump… Continue watching