Oct 23 Watch 10:57 The top U.S. military commander has promised answers about the Niger attack. Here’s what we know so far By PBS News Hour The details surrounding the deaths of four American soldiers in Niger this month remain murky, even as President Trump's response to the families of the fallen has been sharply criticized. For more on what the special forces were doing at… Continue watching
Oct 23 WATCH: Top U.S. general says families, Americans deserve answers on Niger ambush By Associated Press Gen. Joseph Dunford, the Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman, says the four U.S. special operations forces died Oct. 4 amid a “complex situation” and a “difficult firefight.”… Continue reading
Oct 23 WATCH: Trump, Singapore prime minister hold joint press conference By Associated Press Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong is urging dialogue between the United States and North Korea to resolve the growing nuclear crisis in Asia. Continue reading
Oct 23 WATCH: Sec. Tillerson speaks during surprise visit to Afghanistan By Elizabeth Flock Tillerson visited Bagram Air Base for talks with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani over the Trump administration's South Asia policy and strategy, and to reiterate the United States' commitment to peace and stability in the region. Continue reading
Oct 23 Rex Tillerson makes unannounced side trip to Afghanistan By Matthew Lee and Alex Brandon, Associated Press Cloaked in secrecy and under heavy security, Tillerson slipped out of the Qatari capital of Doha in the pre-dawn hours and flew into Afghanistan on Monday. Continue reading
Oct 23 Japanese defense minister sounds alarm on North Korea By Associated Press Japan's defense minister asserted Monday that North Korea's nuclear and ballistic missile capabilities have grown to an "unprecedented, critical and imminent" level. Continue reading
Oct 22 Watch 3:37 Myanmar Buddhists protest repatriation of Rohingya By PBS News Hour In Myanmar, hundreds of Buddhists this weekend protested the government's suggestion that it might take back the nearly 600,000 minority Muslims known as the Rohingya, who have fled into Bangladesh amid killings by government soldiers since late August. Farah Kabir,… Continue watching
Oct 22 U.S. pushes Saudi Arabia, Iraq on united front to counter Iran By Matthew Lee and Alex Brandon, Associated Press Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Sunday pushed for Saudi Arabia and Iraq to unite in common cause to counter growing Iranian assertiveness. Continue reading
Oct 21 Watch 4:04 Pollution causes one in six deaths worldwide By PBS News Hour In 2015, pollution killed three times the number of people as AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined, and 15 times the number of people killed by war and violence. The study, by the environmental nonprofit Pure Earth and published in The… Continue watching
Oct 21 Watch 9:06 What’s behind the Catalan movement for independence By PBS News Hour Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy announced Saturday he’ll dissolve Catalonia’s government and exercise direct control over the region of 7.5 million people. The announcement is intended to stop the independence movement in Catalonia, which voted to secede in a referendum… Continue watching