Feb 15 Officials: CIA chief meets Palestinian leader in West Bank By Karin Laub, Associated Press Two senior Palestinian officials say CIA chief Mike Pompeo secretly held talks in the West Bank with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas. Continue reading
Feb 14 Watch 4:45 News Wrap: Russia reportedly deployed new missile, ignoring U.S. complaints By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, The New York Times reported that Moscow has deployed a ground-launched cruise missile, which the Obama administration had objected to in its testing phase. Also, 500 U.S. troops arrived in Romania as part of a… Continue watching
Feb 14 Watch 7:42 National Security Council in turmoil amid Flynn departure By PBS News Hour What’s happening in the White House in the midst of Michael Flynn’s resignation as national security adviser, and what are the real-world consequences of that upheaval? Judy Woodruff speaks with Greg Miller of The Washington Post and The New York… Continue watching
Feb 14 Watch 8:30 Will Trump's affinity for Israel translate into new policy? By PBS News Hour President Trump talked during his campaign of moving the American Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, seeming to favor Israel in his policy stances. But more recent comments suggest the administration could be more in line with long-standing… Continue watching
Feb 14 Malaysia official: N.Korea leader's brother slain at airport By Eileen Ng, Associated Press Kim Jong Nam told medical workers before he died enroute to a hospital that he had been attacked with a chemical spray, according to a Malaysian official. Continue reading
Feb 14 Kremlin, Russian lawmakers downplay Flynn's resignation By Nataliya Vasilyeva, Associated Press It's a sign that Russia is already looking ahead to talks with the U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to improve the two nations' strained ties. Continue reading
Feb 13 Watch 5:41 Tommy Hilfiger on 'new American classics' and why fashion is important By PBS News Hour As a child, Tommy Hilfiger’s struggles in school and undiagnosed dyslexia led him to think he wasn’t smart. But coming of age in the 1960s, he developed an interest in expressing himself through what he wore. Jeffrey Brown sits down… Continue watching
Feb 13 Watch 4:57 A rare glimpse into the brutality of life under Boko Haram By PBS News Hour Last year, the news service Voice of America received a stunning trove of videos from Nigeria: 18 hours of footage recorded by the country's militant group Boko Haram in 2014. NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Ibrahim Alfa Ahmed of VOA… Continue watching
Feb 13 Watch 9:36 A new generation of human rights investigators turns to high-tech methods By PBS News Hour Humanitarian crises like those in Syria’s Aleppo sometimes make headlines. But how do we identify such atrocities when they are occurring thousands of miles away? A new program at UC Berkeley is training students to leverage social media, geolocation and… Continue watching
Feb 13 5 important stories you don't need a Mar-a-Lago membership to read about By Joshua Barajas, Erica R. Hendry, Iman Smith A look at some of the stories buried between President Trump's game of golf with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and former President Obama's island vacation. Continue reading