Jul 18 Watch 9:53 How U.S. regulation may keep remittances from some Somali families By Elisabeth Ponsot According to community leaders in Minneapolis-St. Paul, 80 percent of the Somali-Americans there send money back to East Africa. Aid groups say 40 percent of Somalia’s population relies on those dollars -- known as remittances -- to survive. But recently,… Continue watching
Jul 18 FBI: Deadly shootings in Tennessee illustrate lone gunman threat By Eric Tucker, Associated Press The deadly shootings at military sites in Tennessee illustrate the threat that FBI officials have warned about: violence directed against a vulnerable government target by a lone gunman with apparent terrorist aspirations. Continue reading
Jun 26 Watch 5:21 Terror strikes on three continents, can others be stopped? By PBS News Hour Three deadly attacks in France, Kuwait and Tunisia came just days after Islamic State militants urged followers to stage "calamities for non-believers" during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. William Brangham talks to Peter Neumann of the International Centre for… Continue watching
Jun 26 Death toll rises, arrest made in terror attacks that rattled three countries By News Desk An arrest was made Saturday in connection with two of the three terror attacks carried out on Friday in Kuwait, Tunisia and France. Continue reading
Jun 24 Watch 3:01 Shifting policy, Obama pledges U.S. will ‘stand by’ families of hostages By PBS News Hour As the number of American hostage deaths have surged in the past year, some families have spoken out about being threatened with prosecution for considering paying ransom and feeling stonewalled by the government. Judy Woodruff reports on the White House’s… Continue watching
Jun 24 Watch 5:25 At Boston bombing sentencing, Tsarnaev apologizes and victims address their attacker By PBS News Hour Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, one of two men responsible for the Boston Marathon bombing that killed three people, was formally sentenced to death today. In the courtroom, Tsarnaev apologized to the victims’ families, and said he was sorry for all the suffering… Continue watching
Jun 24 Report: ‘Homegrown’ radicals now a larger threat than jihadists in U.S. By Eric Osman When most people think of terrorism, they often conjure images of Islamic extremists huddled in far-away caves plotting intricate plots to harm non-believers of their faith. But since Sept. 11, a new face of terrorism has emerged: the right-wing extremist. Continue reading
Jun 24 With policy shift, hostage family hopes to be last ‘that fails to receive’ government support By Larisa Epatko President Barack Obama announced a retooled hostage policy aimed at correcting the sense many families have that the government has let them down, he said Wednesday. One hostage family responds. Continue reading
Jun 24 Obama clears the way for hostages’ families to pay ransom By Julie Pace, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is clearing the way for families of U.S. hostages to pay ransom to terror groups without fear of prosecution, as the White House seeks to address criticism from those whose loved ones have been killed… Continue reading
Jun 19 Report: Islamic State, Boko Haram contribute to spike in global terrorism By Matthew Lee, Associated Press Extremists in Iraq, Afghanistan and Nigeria unleashed a savage rise in violence between 2013 and 2014, according to new statistics released by the State Department. Attacks largely at the hands of the Islamic State and Boko Haram raised the number… Continue reading