Apr 13 Watch 11:26 Have crises abroad changed President Trump’s view of the world? By PBS News Hour What began as a Trump presidency emphasizing retrenchment on the home front has been quickly refocused on the U.S. role abroad. The U.S. response to Syria's use of chemical weapons have raised fresh questions about President Trump’s foreign policy. Judy… Continue watching
Apr 13 Watch 3:21 News Wrap: U.S. uses biggest non-nuclear bomb against ISIS in Afghanistan By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, the U.S. military blasted Islamic State fighters with the biggest non-nuclear bomb in the American arsenal. Also, Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad continued to deny any role in a deadly poison gas attack. Meanwhile, the Pentagon… Continue watching
Apr 13 Remember Simba and Lula suffering at Mosul’s zoo? This rescue team has good news By Larisa Epatko After one failed attempt to rescue a lion and bear from the Mosul zoo in Iraq, a team from Four Paws this week successfully brought Simba and Lula to their new home -- an animal sanctuary in Jordan. Continue reading
Apr 13 U.S. drops largest non-nuclear bomb on ISIS target in Afghanistan By Robert Burns, Associated Press The Pentagon says U.S. forces in Afghanistan dropped the military's largest non-nuclear bomb on an Islamic State target in Afghanistan. Continue reading
Apr 13 Trump, Xi converge on currency, Syria as U.S.-China ties warm By Matthew Pennington and Martin Crutsinger, Associated Press The United States and China have struck what appears to be an unusual bargain as President Donald Trump says he won't label Beijing a currency manipulator and voices confidence Chinese President Xi Jinping will help him deal with North Korea's… Continue reading
Apr 12 Watch 5:41 UN peacekeepers accused of thousands of cases of abuse, AP finds By PBS News Hour A new investigation by The Associated Press found nearly 2,000 allegations of abuse and exploitation by United Nations peacekeepers in the past 12 years in countries like the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Haiti. More than 300 of the… Continue watching
Apr 12 Watch 4:13 U.S.-Russia relations, trust ‘at a low point,’ says Tillerson in Moscow By PBS News Hour Discord was on display at Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's Moscow meetings with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. The most immediate trigger for tensions was a deadly sarin gas attack in Syria, and the U.S. attack on a Syrian air… Continue watching
Apr 12 Watch 4:05 News Wrap: Xi Jinping extends offer to work with Trump on North Korea By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, China’s President Xi Jinping told President Trump he’s willing to collaborate in order to peacefully stop North Korea’s nuclear program. Also, The Washington Post reported that a special court on intelligence matters granted the FBI… Continue watching
Apr 12 NATO chief welcomes Trump’s view that group is not ‘obsolete’ By Daniel Bush NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday that he welcomed President Donald Trump’s view that the organization is not “obsolete,” a criticism Mr. Trump once leveled as a candidate in last year’s presidential election. Continue reading
Apr 12 WATCH: Trump says relations between U.S. and Russia at an ‘all-time low’ By Vivian Salama and Josh Lederman, Associated Press The meeting with Stoltenberg comes just more than a month before a meeting of NATO leaders May 25 in Brussels -- Trump's first foreign trip as president. Continue reading