Jun 03 Watch News Wrap: Turkey Honors Activists Killed in Gaza In other news Thursday, there were services in Turkey for those killed in the Israeli sea raid off Gaza and delegates at a peace conference in Kabul agreed on the need to reach out to the Taliban to further the… Continue watching
Jun 02 Watch As Flotilla Inquiry Calls Grow Louder, Legality of Gaza Blockade Examined Israeli authorities are defending the raids of vessels bound for Gaza, as the international community presses for an independent investigation of the flotilla deaths. Judy Woodruff examines the legality of Israel's attack in international waters with two law experts. Continue watching
Jun 02 Watch Israel Deports Gaza Flotilla Activists, Defends Raid Israel has deported many of the 700 people detained after troops boarded vessels trying to run a blockade near Gaza. Judy Woodruff reports on the contradictory of accounts of the deadly weekend raid. Continue watching
Jun 01 Watch Extended Interview: Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu As fallout continued Tuesday from the Israeli raid on Turkish ships bound for Gaza, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu described the incident as "an attack against Turkish citizens."… Continue watching
Jun 01 Watch Israel’s Raid on Gaza Flotilla Roils Uneasy Alliance With Turkey The weekend raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla where at least four Turkish nationals were killed has sparked angry protests in Turkey, one of Israel's only primarily Muslim allies. Gwen Ifill reports on the international reaction. Continue watching
May 31 Watch Free Gaza Calls for ‘Open, Independent’ Investigation Into Deadly Flotilla Raid The United Nations Security Council convened for an emergency session, following the Israeli raid on a flotilla attempting to break its blockade of the Gaza Strip. Gwen Ifill gets reaction from Adam Shapiro, a board member of the Free Gaza… Continue watching
May 18 Watch U.S. Spearheads New Sanctions to Stifle Iran’s Nuclear Ambitions Russian and China have reached a deal with the U.S. and other world powers to impose new sanctions on Iran, a day after the country signed a deal with Turkey and Brazil to swap its nuclear fuel. Jeffrey Brown talks… Continue watching
May 17 Watch U.S. Eyes Sanctions as Iran, Turkey Forge Nuclear Fuel Swap Iran plans to ship more than 2,600 pounds of low-enriched uranium to Turkey in exchange for uranium fuel rods to use in a research reactor, as part of a fuel swap deal brokered by Brazil and Turkey. Judy Woodruff talks… Continue watching
Apr 01 Turkish Government Offers Contentious Constitutional Changes By Larisa Epatko This week, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan proposed a set of constitutional changes that the government says would promote democracy and bolster its bid for membership in the European Union, but critics say would shrink the independence of the… Continue reading
Feb 26 Conversation: Nobel Laureate Orhan Pamuk By Arts Desk Jeffrey Brown talks to Orhan Pamuk, the 2006 Nobel Laureate in Literature and the author of the novel "The Museum of Innocence," which was published late last year. Continue reading