Dec 28 Watch 2:02 News Wrap: U.S. airstrike targets al-Shabab militants, explosives By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, the U.S. military says an airstrike killed four al-Shabab militants near Somalia’s capital. Also, the deep freeze that has gripped half the country set records from Arkansas to Maine. The town of Watertown, New York,… Continue watching
Dec 28 Watch 14:41 How Trump tried to redefine America's role in the world in 2017 By PBS News Hour From the moment President Donald Trump took the oath of office, he has aimed to shake the world stage and change the U.S. role abroad. Hari Sreenivasan looks back at the year in Trump foreign policy with Elliott Abrams of… Continue watching
Dec 28 What we know about the deadly blasts at Shiite cultural center in Kabul By Joshua Barajas At least 40 people were killed and dozens of others wounded on Thursday in a series of explosions that targeted a Shiite cultural center in the Afghan capital of Kabul, Afghan officials said. Continue reading
Dec 27 Watch 6:56 Erasing the pain and taboo of this female injury By Fred de Sam Lazaro Roughly one million women in the developing world suffer from obstetric fistula, an injury that results from inadequate medical care and causes incontinence. But beyond the physical effects, the condition can subject them to shame and isolation from their families. Continue watching
Dec 27 Norway's prime minister to visit Trump By Darlene Superville, Associated Press Prime Minister Erna Solberg of Norway will be the first foreign leader to call on President Donald Trump in the new year. Continue reading
Dec 26 Watch 7:13 Russia's interference operations aren't over. What's at risk for U.S. democracy? By PBS News Hour As foreign interference in the 2016 presidential election continues to be scrutinized by several federal investigations, some say that Russia is still mounting intelligence operations in the U.S. Hari Sreenivasan gets two perspectives from Laura Rosenberger of the Alliance for… Continue watching
Dec 26 Watch 8:33 Is God beyond gender? Swedish church challenges traditional perception By Malcolm Brabant According to the Church of Sweden, it’s preferable not to refer to God as a "he." The official decision to use gender-neutral language will be a change in the way that many Swedish churchgoers worship -- and one that has… Continue watching
Dec 25 Watch 3:49 News Wrap: World leaders mark Christmas with messages of peace By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, Pope Francis used his Christmas remarks to call for a two-state solution in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and an end to confrontation in the world's hot spots. Also, Guatemala is the first nation to follow President… Continue watching
Dec 25 Watch 6:17 Forced to run from Myanmar, Rohingya find respite in Chicago By Paris Schutz While most of Myanmar's Rohingya Muslims who escaped harrowing violence ended up in camps in Bangladesh, some have made it to the U.S. That includes dozens of young Rohingyas who have become students in Chicago's public schools. Special correspondent Paris… Continue watching
Dec 25 Pope Francis offers Christmas blessings to children 'wherever peace and security are threatened' By Molly Finnegan Speaking to an estimated crowd of 50,000 from a balcony above the Vatican's St. Peter's Square, the pope called for a two-state solution in the Middle East, and an end to conflicts on the Korean Peninsula, in Myanmar, Syria, Yemen,… Continue reading