Jul 10 Members of new Pompeo task force have previously praised human-rights abusers By Ali Rogin The mission of a new panel created to advise the State Department on the definition of human rights and its role in American diplomacy may stand in conflict with what some of its members have said in the past. Continue reading
Jul 07 AP Explains: Iran’s nuclear program as 2015 deal unravels By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran — Iran announced Sunday it will raise its enrichment of uranium, breaking another limit of its faltering 2015 nuclear deal with world powers and further heightening tensions between Tehran and the U.S. Iran made the decision a year… Continue reading
Jun 05 Watch 8:42 In Normandy, gratitude and grief ahead of D-Day’s 75th anniversary By Malcolm Brabant In 1944, thousands of Allied soldiers landed on five different beaches in Normandy. The operation set the stage for liberation of German-occupied France during World War II. For those who participated in the critical mission, the challenges they faced and… Continue watching
May 15 U.S. birth rate falls to 32-year low By Carla K. Johnson, Associated Press A provisional report found there 3.788 million births last year, marking the fourth year the number of births has fallen. Continue reading
Dec 06 The U.S. threatened to withdraw from a major nuclear arms treaty with Russia. Now what? By Gabriela Martinez The clock officially started ticking Tuesday after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the United States would withdraw from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, known as the INF Treaty, if Russia does not comply with the treaty’s terms in 60… Continue reading
Dec 03 Watch 4:47 How Trump is relying on ‘chemistry’ to forge trade deal with China President Trump is calling his agreement with Chinese President Xi Jinping “an incredible deal” that could go down as “one of the largest deals ever made.” But what exactly does it include? Nick Schifrin is joined by the Hudson Institute’s… Continue watching
Sep 25 Trump urges the world to isolate Iran, says he won’t meet ‘until they change their tune’ By Associated Press Trump said in a speech Tuesday to the U.N. General Assembly he has launched an "economic pressure" campaign to deny Iran the money it needs to advance a "bloody agenda" of havoc and slaughter in Syria and Yemen. Continue reading
Sep 14 Watch 4:28 Russia aims to impress and intimidate with its largest military exercise in decades Not since the Soviet era has the Russian military showed off this much weaponry and tried to convince the world that the Russians are coming -- and they've already arrived. Russian forces have this week conducted its largest war games… Continue watching
Aug 24 Watch 5:02 U.S.-backed coalition in Yemen accused of ‘unlawful’ conduct In Yemen, a Saudi-led coalition has been fighting Iran-backed Houthi rebels since 2015, with U.S. support. Today, carnage from the conflict is worsening, and both the Houthis and the UN blame the coalition for dozens of civilian casualties. Nick Schifrin… Continue watching
Apr 15 Analysis: Trump finds leaving Syria tougher than he thought By Julie Pace, Associated Press In heated exchanges with his national security team in recent weeks, President Donald Trump repeatedly made clear he saw little incentive for the United States to be involved in Syria’s intractable civil war. Continue reading