Sep 28 Watch 4:49 News Wrap: U.N. estimates 500,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled Myanmar By PBS News Hour In our News Wrap Thursday, the U.N. now says half a million Rohingya Muslims have fled to Bangladesh to escape attacks by the military in majority-Buddhist Myanmar. Also, the imminent eruption of a volcano on the island of Bali has… Continue watching
Sep 28 WATCH: White House addresses tax reform, Puerto Rico recovery By Joshua Barajas White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders is scheduled to hold a news briefing at 2:30 p.m. ET today. Watch her remarks here. Continue reading
Sep 28 Iranian Americans in limbo after Trump’s new travel rules By Amy Taxin, Associated Press This is the Trump administration's third measure to limit travel following a broad ban that sparked chaos at U.S. airports in January and a temporary order issued months later that was challenged in the courts and expired last weekend. Continue reading
Sep 27 Watch 8:02 Agent Orange puts a new generation at risk in Vietnam By Travis Daub At the height of the Vietnam War in 1968, two young Americans who shared a sense of service made two very different decisions: one joined the Marine Corps and one went to Saigon to help war orphans. Decades later, they… Continue watching
Sep 27 Fire erupts at Ecuadorean Embassy in D.C. By Associated Press Flames could be seen rising from the roof of the structure, just after midnight Wednesday, in a neighborhood that is home to some embassies. Continue reading
Sep 26 Watch 10:24 Does Trump’s war of words with North Korea inflame or deter? By PBS News Hour, Nick Schifrin North Korea has long rallied its people with bombastic threats against the U.S., but lately the evolving war of words has escalated between the two countries. Nick Schifrin speaks with Kathleen Stephens of Stanford University and Balbina Hwang of Georgetown… Continue watching
Sep 26 AP report: Trump administration plans to slash U.S. refugee admissions By Josh Lederman and Matthew Daly, Associated Press The Trump administration will allow no more than 45,000 refugees into the United States next year, officials said Tuesday, in what would be the lowest admission level in more than a decade. Continue reading
Sep 26 Saudi Arabia says it will start allowing women to drive By Joshua Barajas Before the decision to change its policy, Saudi Arabia was the only country in the world to bar women from driving. Continue reading
Sep 26 New U.S. sanctions target 8 North Korean banks, 26 individuals By Josh Lederman, Associated Press The eight banks are all in North Korea. The Treasury Department said the 26 individuals are North Korean nationals employed by those banks. Continue reading
Sep 26 WATCH: Trump says all nations must isolate ‘North Korean menace’ By Associated Press The remarks came at a news conference Tuesday with Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy. Continue reading