Jan 20 Watch World powers dispute on Iran attending Syrian peace talks By PBS News Hour, Gwen Ifill Ahead of a gathering of world powers in Geneva to negotiate an end to Syria's civil war, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon extended an offer for Iran to attend the talks. But when that country rejected a condition of attendance, the… Continue watching
Jan 20 U.S. supports UN decision to uninvite Iran from Syrian peace talks By Associated Press WASHINGTON -- The United States on Monday welcomed U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon's decision to rescind his invitation to Iran to attend an international conference on Syria this week, saying it hoped the move would refocus attention on the goals of… Continue reading
Jan 20 UPDATE: Ban Ki-Moon invites Iran to the Syria peace talks, Margaret Warner is there By News Desk The Wall Street Journal reports the U.S. expects the UN to revoke their invitation to Iran to attend the Syria peace talks in Geneva. Continue reading
Jan 17 Watch India marks three years without polio, but challenges still remain By PBS News Hour Health officials in India have hit a milestone in their efforts to eradicate polio: It has been three years since the country's last reported case of the crippling disease. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on India's challenge to… Continue watching
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Jan 16 Watch Syrian conflict prevents UN aid from reaching starving Palestinian refugees By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jan 13 Watch 8:48 Haitians blame UN soldiers for cholera crisis in wake of earthquake disaster By PBS News Hour Three years ago in Haiti, as the country struggled to recover from a devastating earthquake, a river near a United Nations base was poisoned with cholera; hundreds of thousands of people have been infected. Inigo Gilmore of Independent Television News… Continue watching
Jan 08 Watch 1:49 Ongoing conflict slows chemical weapons shipments out of Syria By PBS News Hour Chemical weapons materials from across Syria have begun to arrive in a port city for shipment out of the nation, but ongoing conflict has slowed the disarmament process. Under a UN plan, naval vessels from a number of countries will… Continue watching
Jan 07 Watch World Food Programme faces 'highly unusual' quadruple food emergency World Food Programme faces quadruple food emergency… Continue watching
Dec 31 Watch What hazards and security challenges will Syria face in removing chemicals? What hazards and security challenges will Syria face in removing chemicals?… Continue watching