Sep 29 Watch 3:48 News Wrap: Congress considers fix to bill allowing 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, Republican congressional leaders opened the door for changes in a new law allowing the relatives of 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia. White House spokesman John Earnest said Congress may be having buyers remorse after… Continue watching
Sep 29 Watch 56:49 PBS NewsHour full episode Sept. 29, 2016 By PBS News Hour Thursday on the NewsHour, a New Jersey commuter train crashes into the station in Hoboken, causing at least one death. Also: How the candidates are taking advantage of early voting, the changing lives of Afghan women, making sense of Donald… Continue watching
Sep 29 U.S. sends more troops to Iraq to retake Mosul By Larisa Epatko Even as battle plans are laid to retake the Iraqi city of Mosul from Islamic State militants, questions remain about what will come next. Continue reading
Sep 29 Want to visit Afghanistan? They're making an app for that By Larisa Epatko In a classroom in Herat, Afghanistan, a group of girls is working on a mobile phone application that would help tourists coming to their country. Continue reading
Sep 28 Watch 4:38 News Wrap: Congress ends stalemate over funding bill, averting crisis By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, the Senate easily approved bill to keep the government funded until early December and the House moved to follow suit. Also, a Dutch investigation into the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 released its findings… Continue watching
Sep 28 Watch Bombing onslaught in Syria triggers condemnation, threatens U.S.-Russia cooperation By PBS News Hour Two hospitals were among dozens of other targets bombed in Aleppo, Syria, on Wednesday. Activists say that in the last eight days there have been 1,700 airstrikes and at 400 killed. And at the U.N., the U.S. threatened to cut… Continue watching
Sep 28 Watch 7:44 Remembering Shimon Peres and his hopes for a 'new' Middle East By PBS News Hour Israel’s Shimon Peres had a political career that extended for nearly five decades. A protege of Israel's very first prime minister, he went from top defense jobs to prime minister, taking a conciliatory approach toward Palestinians that lead to the… Continue watching
Sep 28 Thousands of Saudi women advocate for end of male guardianship laws By Courtney Norris More than 14,000 Saudi women have signed a petition advocating for an end to their country’s male guardianship laws. Continue reading
Sep 28 Kerry threatens to end Syria talks with Russia over attacks in Aleppo By Bradley Klapper, Associated Press Secretary of State John Kerry is threatening to cut off all contacts with Moscow over Syria, unless Russian and Syrian government attacks on Aleppo end. Continue reading
Sep 28 Shimon Peres, one of Israel's founding fathers, dies at age 93 By Larisa Epatko Israeli statesman and its stalwart defender Shimon Peres, who suffered a stroke two weeks ago, died Wednesday in a Tel Aviv area hospital. He was 93. Continue reading