Apr 05 Should thousands of ISIS fighters and their families be allowed to return home? By Courtney Vinopal While some countries had repatriated former members of ISIS on an ad hoc basis in the past, the fall of the caliphate has forced the U.S. and its allies to seek a more permanent fix. Continue reading
Apr 05 Watch 3:11 News Wrap: Biden defends controversial behavior toward women In our news wrap Friday, former Vice President Joe Biden defended his displays of affection toward women and tried to defuse the criticism he’s taken over the issue. At least four women have said Biden made them uncomfortable with physical… Continue watching
Apr 05 Watch 7:50 How young Rwandan genocide survivors are documenting 25 years of healing April marks the 25th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide, in which upwards of 800,000 people were killed in 100 days, leaving 95,000 children orphaned. The massacre wiped out 75 percent of the Tutsi ethnic group. Now three young men affected… Continue watching
Apr 05 Watch 5:30 On new album, Hozier makes us face the music By Leah Nagy The sophomore album of Irish singer-songwriter Hozier debuted at the top of music charts last month, five years after his hit “Take Me to Church.” Jeffrey Brown met up with the musician in Orlando, Florida, before a stop on his… Continue watching
Apr 05 WATCH: Trump visits California to push border security President Donald Trump headed to the border with Mexico on Friday to make a renewed push for border security as a central campaign issue for his 2020 re-election. Continue reading
Apr 05 UK police outside Ecuador embassy amid WikiLeaks tweets British police gathered outside the Ecuadorian Embassy in London after tweets from WikiLeaks alleging Julian Assange could be expelled from the building within "hours to days."… Continue reading
Apr 05 U.S. military admits civilian deaths in Somalia airstrike By Lolita Baldor, Associated Press Just weeks after insisting that American airstrikes in Somalia had killed no civilians, U.S. Africa Command said Friday that new information reveals that a woman and a child died last April when a U.S. strike targeted al-Shabab militants. Continue reading
Apr 05 Cholera surges again in war-ravaged Yemen By Ahmed Al-Haj, Associated Press The U.N. is reporting the number of suspected cholera cases has doubled in March over previous months. Continue reading
Apr 05 UK’s Theresa May asks the EU to delay Brexit until June 30 By Gregory Katz, Raf Casert, Associated Press British Prime Minister Theresa May on Friday sought to delay Brexit until June 30 to avoid a chaotic withdrawal from the European Union in one week, but a key leader of the bloc suggested an even longer pause in the… Continue reading
Apr 04 Watch 7:06 News Wrap: Trump says Mexico has a year to stop flow of migrants and drugs In our news wrap Thursday, President Trump said at a Cabinet meeting that Mexico has a year to stop the flow of migrants and drugs into the U.S., after previously threatening to close the border this week. Also, the House… Continue watching