Feb 10 Watch 3:14 Jordan, U.S. dispute Islamic State claim of how Kayla Mueller died By PBS News Hour The family of Kayla Jean Mueller confirmed that the 26-year-old aid worker has been killed. Over the weekend, Islamic State militants sent them unspecified evidence of their daughter's death. The Arizona native was working with refugees on the Turkey-Syria border… Continue watching
Feb 10 Watch 3:20 News Wrap: Assad says he gets indirect info on U.S. airstrikes By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad claimed on the BBC that he is getting information on the U.S. air campaign against the Islamic State indirectly through third parties. Also, there were reports that the U.S. embassy in… Continue watching
Feb 06 Watch 6:25 A mother demands better advocacy for U.S. hostages By PBS News Hour Efforts to find and bring home Austin Rice, a freelance journalist who was kidnapped two and a half years ago, have not been fruitful. Tice’s parents are pushing for a new government entity that would be responsible for American hostages. Continue watching
Feb 06 Watch 2:17 Parents of U.S. hostage Austin Tice mount campaign to win his release By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 06 Watch 4:07 No proof yet of Islamic State claims about female hostage’s death By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 04 Watch 8:00 What does Jordan’s anger mean for fight against Islamic State? By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 03 Watch 2:27 Jordan vows revenge for pilot’s brutal murder by Islamic State By PBS News Hour A video has surfaced showing Jordanian pilot Lt. Muath al-Kaseasbeh being burned alive by the Islamic State. Jordan spent days trying to negotiate a prisoner swap with the militant group but requests for proof of life went unanswered, and now… Continue watching
Feb 02 Watch 5:26 News Wrap: First large-scale Ebola vaccine trials begin in Liberia By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, about 600 people will participate in the first large-scale Ebola vaccine trials. Tests of two potential vaccines may ultimately involve 27,000 people. Also, civilians in the embattled Donetsk province in Eastern Ukraine ran for cover… Continue watching
Jan 24 Obama says terror group has killed Japanese hostage By Julie Pace, Associated Press President Barack Obama is condemning what he calls "the brutal murder" of a Japanese hostage by the Islamic State group. Continue reading
Jan 24 Japanese hostage reportedly executed in Syria By Andrew Mach Japanese officials condemned the apparent execution of Haruna Yukawa, a 42-year-old unemployed widower who went to Syria in July and was captured the next month. Continue reading