Jun 15 Watch 3:46 As pressure mounts, Iran denies role in tanker explosions By PBS NewsHour Between the strictest U.S. sanctions in history and accusations that Iran attacked two tankers in the Gulf of Oman, tensions between the two countries are their worst in 40 years, says Barbara Slavin, director of the Atlantic Council’s Future of… Continue watching
Jun 15 Notre Dame celebrates 1st Mass since devastating April fire By Associated Press The archbishop wore a hard-hat helmet, burnt wood debris was still visible and only about 30 people were let inside, but Notre Dame Cathedral on Saturday held its first Mass since the devastating April 15th fire that ravaged its roof… Continue reading
Jun 15 11 killed, 25 hurt as explosions rock Somalia's capital By Abdi Guled, Associated Press A pair of explosions rocked Somalia’s capital and left 11 people dead, the country’s police chief said Saturday, as the al-Qaida-linked extremist group al-Shabab claimed responsibility. Continue reading
Jun 15 US diplomat wants 'credible' probe into Sudan crackdown By Hussein Mallah, Samy Magdy, Associated Press The top U.S. diplomat to Africa said there must be an “independent and credible” investigation into the Sudanese military’s violent dispersal of a protest camp in the capital earlier this month, and the ruling military council said it would announce… Continue reading
Jun 15 Ugandan medics now tackling Ebola say they lack supplies By Rodney Muhumuza, Associated Press While Ugandan authorities praise health workers as “heroes” and say they are prepared to contain the spread of Ebola, some workers disagree, wondering where the millions of dollars spent on preparing for the virus have gone if a hospital on… Continue reading
Jun 15 Zero elephants poached in a year in top Africa wildlife park By Cara Anna, Associated Press One of Africa’s largest wildlife preserves is marking a year without a single elephant found killed by poachers, which experts call an extraordinary development in an area larger than Switzerland where thousands of the animals have been slaughtered in recent… Continue reading
Jun 15 Hong Kong leader delays unpopular bill; activists want more By Elaine Kurtenbach, Christopher Bodeen, Associated Press Embattled Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam sought to quell public anger Saturday by shelving an unpopular extradition bill that has highlighted apprehension about relations with mainland China, but opponents of the measure said it was not enough. Continue reading
Jun 14 Watch 4:20 News Wrap: Former Hong Kong officials side with protesters over extradition law In our news wrap Friday, pressure is rising in Hong Kong to scrap a bill that would allow extradition to mainland China. The proposed law has sparked mass protests and violent clashes with police, and now, several former senior officials… Continue watching
Jun 14 Watch 9:05 After apparent attacks on oil tankers, what's next for the U.S. and Iran After two oil tankers near the strategically critical Strait of Hormuz were damaged Thursday, the U.S. said Iran was responsible. The UN, meanwhile, has called for an independent investigation. Judy Woodruff talks to Vali Nasr, a Middle East scholar and… Continue watching
Jun 14 Watch 7:29 Idlib's 'relentless' onslaught vs. northeastern Syria's 'fragile stability' In northwest Syria, Idlib province -- the final stronghold of opponents of the Assad regime -- is under relentless attack, and a source of tension between Syria and Turkey. Land liberated by the U.S. and its Kurdish allies in northeast… Continue watching