Dec 06 German Chancellor Angela Merkel advocates for banning face veils By Harry Zahn German Chancellor Angela Merkel called for a nationwide ban on full-face veils Tuesday, hardening her stance on immigration issues as she faces a wave of criticism for her pro-refugee policies. Continue reading
Dec 06 Trump son-in-law's family donated to Israeli settler groups By Daniel Estrin, Associated Press JERUSALEM — President-elect Donald Trump's son-in-law co-directs a family foundation that has donated tens of thousands of dollars to Jewish settlement organizations in the West Bank, according to tax records. Continue reading
Dec 06 Iran president: Trump won't be able to harm the nuclear deal By Nasser Karimi, Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's president said on Tuesday that his country will not allow incoming U.S. President Donald Trump to "tear up" Iran's landmark nuclear deal with world powers and also warned Tehran will react to any extension of American… Continue reading
Dec 06 Obama will meet with special ops forces, talk strategy By Kevin Freking, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama will use a visit with special operations forces on Tuesday to highlight gains the U.S. has made against extremist organizations such as the Islamic State group and to promote what he sees as the most… Continue reading
Dec 06 Math a concern for U.S. teens; science, reading flat on test By Jennifer C. Kerr, Associated Press WASHINGTON — American students have a math problem. Continue reading
Dec 05 Watch 7:56 Tony Blair on why he's advocating for a global policy 'center ground' By PBS News Hour Tony Blair, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, believes the populist wave coursing across the globe is dangerous -- and likely to exacerbate, rather than ease, tensions and instability. He sits down with Judy Woodruff to discuss Brexit, the… Continue watching
Dec 05 Watch 7:42 Egypt envisions 'strengthening' of U.S. relationship under Trump By PBS News Hour Egypt has experienced turbulent relations with the U.S. under the Obama administration, but President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was the first foreign leader to congratulate President-elect Donald Trump on his victory. Chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Warner interviews Egyptian foreign minister… Continue watching
Dec 05 Watch 53:26 PBS NewsHour full episode Dec. 5, 2016 By PBS News Hour Monday on the NewsHour, President-elect Donald Trump chooses Ben Carson for housing secretary. Also: a mistrial in a fatal police shooting in South Carolina, more deaths in the Oakland warehouse fire, Tony Blair urges a policy ‘center ground,’ the political… Continue watching
Dec 05 Tony Blair on Trump: 'Let's wait and see' what happens By Larisa Epatko When it comes to U.S. foreign policy under President-elect Donald Trump, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair is taking a wait-and-see approach. Continue reading
Dec 05 Carter's Asia trip spotlights issues for next Pentagon head By Robert Burns, Associated Press TOKYO — Ash Carter's final swing across Asia as Pentagon chief shines a spotlight on tough issues to be inherited by his successor, from concern in Tokyo and Seoul about being forced to pay more for U.S. military protection to… Continue reading