Jul 07 Watch News Wrap: Iraqi parliament delays session amid political impasse By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, the Iraqi parliament pushed back its next session five weeks, until mid-August, as government forces continue to battle Islamist militants. While Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has refused to step down, lawmakers are at an impasse… Continue watching
Jul 05 Watch How does the U.S. make the case for its interests in Ukraine? By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jul 01 Watch 53:17 Tuesday, July 1, 2014 By PBS News Hour Tuesday on the NewsHour, Iraqi lawmakers walk out of parliament in a standoff over their leadership and demonstrators flood Hong Kong demanding democracy. Fred de Sam Lazaro travels to Vietnam to investigate human trafficking, Jeffrey Brown uncovers Facebook’s massive user… Continue watching
Jul 01 Watch News Wrap: Pro-Russian rebels, government forces renew fighting in Eastern Ukraine By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, fighting resumed in Eastern Ukraine a day after President Petro Poroshenko ended a ceasefire with pro-Russian rebels. Also, a car bomb killed at least 56 people in Nigeria in the northeastern state where more than… Continue watching
Jun 27 Watch Trade deal locks Poroshenko and Russia in standoff By PBS News Hour In a move that angered Moscow, Ukraine’s new leader signed a trade deal to bring his country closer to Europe. Jeffrey Brown talks to Matthew Rojansky of the Wilson Center and Nikolas Gvosdev of the U.S. Naval War College about… Continue watching
Jun 27 Watch Ukraine signs EU trade pact over Russian objections By PBS News Hour Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko traveled to Brussels to sign the trade agreement that sparked the crisis in Ukraine late last year. His Kremlin-backed predecessor had balked at further integrating with Europe, and move away from Russia. In Washington, a State… Continue watching
Jun 26 Watch News Wrap: As Ukraine cease-fire draws to a close, Kerry urges peace efforts by Russia By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jun 25 Watch Hillary Clinton talks ‘Hard Choices’ and battle scars By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jun 23 Over the phone, Obama urges Putin to stop backing separatists By Associated Press Obama and Putin spoke by telephone on Monday morning. White House spokesman Josh Earnest says Obama urged Putin to use his personal influence with those separatists to promote peace and stability in Ukraine. He says a diplomatic solution is still… Continue reading
Jun 22 Watch 25:37 Sunday, June 22, 2014 By PBS News Hour On tonight’s program, Islamic extremists capture new towns in Iraq, as President Obama talks about what America can and cannot do in the region. Later, small businesses struggling to get bank loans are turning to alternative sources of credit. And,… Continue watching