Oct 14 Watch 3:54 As U.S. departs Syria, Kurds join Assad regime to fight a NATO ally In the days since the announced withdrawal of U.S. troops from northern Syria, the country’s map is being redrawn. Both Turkey and the Russia-backed Syrian regime made territorial advances, and U.S.-partner Syrian Democratic Forces turned to Damascus for support. As… Continue watching
Oct 14 Dispatched to Mideast, Pence says U.S. won’t ‘tolerate’ Turkish attacks on Kurds By Associated Press Vice President Mike Pence says Trump spoke with Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan earlier Monday and called for an immediate end to Turkey's moves against the Kurds in Syria. Continue reading
Oct 14 Watch 5:16 News Wrap: Texas police officer resigns over fatal shooting of black woman In our news wrap Monday, the white police officer who fatally shot a black woman inside her Fort Worth, Texas, home over the weekend has resigned. Body camera video shows the officer, Aaron Dean, firing immediately after shouting at Atatiana… Continue watching
Oct 14 Watch 7:46 What Trump’s Syria withdrawal means for the Kurds, Russia and American allies President Trump’s decision to withdraw U.S. forces from northern Syria has profound implications for stability both within Syria and throughout the Middle East. Nick Schifrin talks to the University of Oklahoma’s Joshua Landis and career diplomat Ted Kattouf of Amideast… Continue watching
Oct 14 U.S.-China truce leaves big issues unresolved By Paul Wiseman, Dave Kolpack, David Pitt, Associated Press Closer inspection suggests there isn't much substance, at least not yet, to the temporary truce President Donald Trump announced Friday at the White House after the U.S. and China wrapped up their 13th round of trade talks. Continue reading
Oct 14 Ukrainian far-right groups, veterans protest president’s peace plan By Yuras Karmanau, Angela Charlton, Associated Press Shooting off flares and shouting "glory to Ukraine," thousands of far-right and nationalist activists marched Monday through Kyiv, protesting President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's leadership and his long-awaited peace plan for eastern Ukraine. Continue reading
Oct 14 McConnell warns about ‘strategic calamity’ in U.S. pullout in Syria By Associated Press Without mentioning President Donald Trump, the Kentucky Republican used a written statement Monday to criticize Trump's recent decision to pull U.S. forces from the area. Continue reading
Oct 14 37 injured, 108 flights canceled in Barcelona airport protests By Associated Press Tempers flared in Spain's Catalonia region after the country's Supreme Court found 12 separatist leaders guilty of illegally promoting Catalan independence. Continue reading
Oct 14 Trump says new sanctions coming to pressure Turkey amid Syria offensive Targeting Turkey's economy, President Donald Trump announced sanctions Monday aimed at restraining the Turks' assault against Kurdish fighters and civilians in Syria -- an assault Turkey began after Trump announced he was moving U.S. troops out of the way. Continue reading
Oct 14 Why the 2019 Nobel Prizes in STEM struggled with diversity By Gretchen Frazee Esther Duflo is the second woman to win a Nobel Prize in economics in the award’s 50-year history. She's also the only woman to be awarded a Nobel Prize in the sciences this year. Continue reading