Aug 09 Yemen rebels say Saudi coalition airstrike in north kills 50 By Ahmed Al-Haj, Associated Press SANAA, Yemen — An airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition fighting Shiite rebels hit a bus driving in a busy market in northern Yemen on Thursday, killing least 50 people including children and wounding 77, Yemen's rebel-run Al Masirah TV said… Continue reading
Jul 03 Watch 8:30 American-made bombs in Yemen are killing civilians, destroying infrastructure and fueling anger at the U.S. By Jane Ferguson War rains down from the sky in Yemen, where an aerial bombing campaign by Saudi-led and American-backed coalition hammers much of the north. The U.S. military supports the campaign against the Houthi rebels with logistics and intelligence, and sells the… Continue watching
Jun 30 Watch 24:59 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode June 30, 2018 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Saturday, June 30, people protest President Trump’s immigration policies across the country, and how stiffer bonds are making it harder for migrant families to reunite. Also, Stockton, California is fighting income inequality to secure the city’s… Continue watching
Jun 30 Trump claims Saudi Arabia will boost oil production By Ken Thomas and Jon Gambrell President Donald Trump said Saturday that he had received assurances from King Salman of Saudi Arabia that the kingdom will increase oil production, “maybe up to 2,000,000 barrels” in response to turmoil in Iran and Venezuela. Saudi Arabia acknowledged the… Continue reading
Jun 24 As Saudi women take the wheel, activists say fight for gender equality continues By Ilayda Kocak In Saudi Arabia, as a women’s driving ban is lifted Sunday, human rights advocates are criticizing the country’s remaining restrictions on women. Continue reading
Jun 22 Watch 4:20 Saudi women are finally in the driver’s seat, but not of their own lives By Nick Schifrin Saudi Arabia has banned women from driving since the 1950s, and is the only country in the world to do so. But this Sunday that prohibition ends. Nick Schifrin looks at the state of women's rights in the kingdom, and… Continue watching
May 22 5 important stories that have nothing to do with the Russia probe By Hannah Grabenstein, Dan Cooney, Joshua Barajas, Erica R. Hendry Inside the world's worst humanitarian crisis, why we're seeing more mega rain storms and other stories we're reading now. Continue reading
Apr 29 Pompeo, in Saudi Arabia, talks tough on Iran, Gulf dispute By Matthew Lee, Associated Press U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is using the Middle East leg of his first trip abroad as America's top diplomat to call for concerted international action to punish Iran for its missile programs. Continue reading
Apr 05 Trump administration approves sale of $1.3 billion in artillery to Saudi Arabia By Josh Lederman, Associated Press The latest deal includes about 180 Paladin howitzer systems, artillery-firing vehicles on tracks. The vehicles look like a combination of a tank and a cannon, and launch 155mm shells. Continue reading
Mar 26 Watch 6:31 Yemenis ‘struggling to live day to day’ at third anniversary of conflict with Saudi Arabia By PBS News Hour, Hari Sreenivasan In Yemen, what started out as a civil war has escalated into a regional power struggle, with a devastating humanitarian crisis affecting many millions. Hari Sreenivasan speaks with journalist Iona Clark, who has reported on and lived in Yemen for… Continue watching