Nov 25 Watch 5:12 News Wrap: Rescued Russian pilot denies violating Turkish airspace By PBS News Hour Russia has rescued one of the fighter pilots who was in a plane shot down by Turkey yesterday. Turkey claims the plane was in its airspace, but the pilot denies this. Also, the Islamic State has claimed responsibility for a… Continue watching
Nov 25 Surviving Russian pilot claims he was not in Turkish airspace By Margaret Sessa-Hawkins The Russian pilot who survived the downing of his aircraft yesterday has said Turkey gave no warning they were about to shoot the plane down. He added that the jet could not have violated Turkish airspace, even though Turkey claims… Continue reading
Nov 24 Watch 9:02 How the Turkey-Russia conflict complicates anti-Islamic State efforts By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Nov 24 Watch 9:56 News Wrap: Russia, Turkey swap harsh rhetoric over shot-down plane By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, a Russian warplane was shot down by Turkey, which claims the jet entered its airspace and ignored calls to leave. But Russia insists the jet was in Syrian airspace. Also, French prosecutors announced that the… Continue watching
Nov 24 Video: Turkey shoots down Russian airplane By News Desk Turkey shot down a Russian war plane Tuesday, saying it violated Turkish airspace. But Moscow officials said the jet fighter was flying over Syria at the time. Continue reading
Nov 14 Paris attacks give G-20 summit new urgency By Associated Press The global anxiety sparked by a series of deadly attacks in Paris by the Islamic State group has given new urgency to President Barack Obama's upcoming talks with world leaders… Continue reading
Nov 06 World news quiz: Solving a plane crash and some Twitter backlash By Larisa Epatko Conflicting preliminary reports came out about the crash of a Russian airliner, Turkey had snap elections, and a change on Twitter made some users unhappy. See how much you know about the week’s international news in our 5-minute quiz. Continue reading
Nov 02 Watch 4:33 Do Turkey’s election results signal stability or steps toward autocratic rule? By PBS News Hour After five months of political instability and uncertainty, Turkey is again under firm control of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's AK Party, which regained its majority in a national election Sunday. Supporters say it’s a return to stability, but opponents worry… Continue watching
Nov 01 Watch 4:30 How was Turkey’s ruling party able to pull ahead in the elections? By PBS News Hour Turkey's President Erdogan and his AK Party appear to have gotten the majority they needed to regain control of parliament. NewsHour special correspondent Malcolm Brabant joins Hari Sreenivasan via Skype from Turkey with more on Sunday's elections. Continue watching
Nov 01 In Central Asia, Kerry talks to autocratic cast of nations By Bradley Klapper, Associated Press U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met with some of the world's most repressive governments Sunday, hoping to deepen America's economic and security ties in Central Asia despite the often poor respect for human rights across the strategic region. Continue reading