Dec 15 Strong earthquake strikes Java island in Indonesia. Deaths reported By Joshua Barajas An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.5 struck Java, the most populous Indonesian island, minutes before midnight Friday, according to preliminary data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Continue reading
Dec 15 WATCH: Tillerson backtracks on offer of unconditional North Korea talks By Matthew Pennington, Associated Press Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's declaration before the U.N. Security Council marked a stunning reversal after he proposed discussions with Pyongyang without preconditions earlier this week. Continue reading
Dec 15 Homeland Security adds new requirements for visa waiver countries By Jill Colvin, Associated Press Countries that participate in the Visa Waiver Program are now being asked to fully comply with a program in which they use U.S. counterterrorism information to screen travelers. Continue reading
Dec 14 In phone call, Trump and Putin talk economy, North Korean nuclear threat By Associated Press The two presidents spoke by phone following Putin's annual press conference in Moscow. Continue reading
Dec 14 Watch 6:12 Why is Trump so insistent that Russia didn’t interfere in the election? By PBS News Hour During his annual news conference in Moscow, Russian President denied interfering in last year's U.S. election, in words strikingly similar to those of President Trump. Judy Woodruff talks with Greg Miller of The Washington Post about Trump's routine denials of… Continue watching
Dec 14 Watch 5:37 To this Russian-American community, Russia has become a political scapegoat By Ryan Chilcote How have strains in U.S.-Russia relations affected Russian-Americans and recent immigrants? Special correspondent Ryan Chilcote reports from the Brighton BEach neighborhood of Brooklyn, the first stop for many of the 3 million Russian or former Soviet Union immigrants who come… Continue watching
Dec 14 Watch 7:50 Fighting the public health threat of counterfeit drugs By Fred de Sam Lazaro Fake pharmaceuticals are a multi-billion dollar problem around the world. Made and packaged to look like the real deal, these phonies may contain a fraction of the active ingredients or none at all. these fake drugs can have serious consequences… Continue watching
Dec 14 6,700 Rohingya shot, burned or killed by other violent means in Myanmar, report says By Larisa Epatko An estimated 6,700 ethnic Rohingya people were killed during a bloody month-long crackdown in Myanmar following an insurgent attack, according to a Doctors Without Borders report released Thursday. Continue reading
Dec 13 Watch 5:02 How Putin’s emotional reactions drive Russian strategy By PBS News Hour, Nick Schifrin What motivates President Vladimir Putin, the man accused of ordering Russian interference in the 2016 American election? Special correspondent Nick Schifrin talks with Julia Ioffe, who has written a new cover story for The Atlantic about what he really wants. Continue watching
Dec 13 Tillerson offered unconditional talks with North Korea. Now what? By Matthew Pennington, Associated Press North Korea, which now describes its nuclear force as complete, isn't showing interest in dialogue. At least yet. Continue reading