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
Sep 27 Watch 5:53 News Wrap: Senate hits standstill on government funding bill By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, facing a Friday deadline, the Senate failed to advance a federal spending bill to keep the government in operation. And, the Syrian government’s offensive to take back Aleppo has shifted into high gear. Continue watching
Sep 27 Man who destroyed artifacts in Mali gets nine years in prison By Kulsoom Khan The International Criminal Court on Tuesday sentenced an Islamic militant to nine years in prison for destroying artifacts and religious buildings in Timbuktu, Mali. Continue reading
Sep 27 FBI chief: Extreme concern about fanatics from Syria, Iraq By Matthew Daly and Eric Tucker, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Law enforcement and intelligence agencies remain extremely concerned that violent militants will eventually flow out of Syria and Iraq and into other countries in hopes of committing attacks, FBI Director James Comey told Congress on Tuesday. Continue reading