Jul 06 Watch 4:14 News Wrap: GOP gun and anti-terror bill faces House opposition By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, members of the Freedom Caucus came out against a Republican bill that would bar gun sales to those on a terror watchlist. That leaves House Speaker Paul Ryan without the votes to pass the measure. Continue watching
Jul 06 U.S. imposes sanctions on North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for the first time By Matthew Pennington, Associated Press The U.S. imposed sanctions Wednesday on North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and 10 other top officials for human rights abuses in an escalation of Washington's effort to isolate the authoritarian government. Continue reading
Jul 06 How ISIS uses smart phone apps to sell and register its sex slave captives By Lori Hinnant, Maya Alleuzzo and Balint Szlanko, Associated Press While the Islamic State group is losing territory in its self-styled caliphate, it is tightening its grip on the estimated 3,000 women and girls held as sex slaves. Continue reading
Jul 06 Obama slows troop drawdown in Afghanistan By Josh Lederman, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The U.S. will slow its troop drawdown in Afghanistan, leaving a force of 8,400 when President Barack Obama completes his term, the president announced Wednesday in a blunt acknowledgment that America will remain entangled there despite his aspirations… Continue reading
Jul 06 Kerry visits Georgia, Ukraine to show solidarity By Matthew Lee, Associated Press TBILISI, Georgia — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is visiting Georgia and Ukraine to reassure the former Soviet republics of America's commitment to their security amid unease over Russia's intentions. Continue reading
Jul 05 Watch 54:05 PBS NewsHour full episode July 5, 2016 By PBS News Hour Tuesday on the Newshour, the FBI denounces former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server as “extremely careless” but doesn’t find evidence to bring criminal charges. Also: A report from the trenches of Donetsk, another trial… Continue watching
Jul 05 Watch 10:46 Desire to break free from Ukraine keeps devastated Donetsk fighting By PBS News Hour In Eastern Ukraine, there’s supposed to be a cease-fire, but the fighting starts again every night. For two years, soldiers for the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic -- with the backing of Russia -- have fought the Ukrainian government to gain… Continue watching
Jul 05 Watch 4:30 News Wrap: Iraq bombing death toll rises as search teams find more victims By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, Iraqi search teams recovered more bodies in Baghdad from the Sunday bombing linked to the Islamic State. Families of the victims held funerals and the country’s interior minister resigned. Also, one-time rivals President Obama and… Continue watching
Jul 05 She once sewed paramilitary uniforms and is now in business for herself By Debora Silva A program helps retrain Colombia's female paramilitary members for jobs and reintegrate into society. Continue reading
Jul 04 Watch 6:04 Defeated on the battlefield, ISIS steps up terror attacks By PBS News Hour There's no coincidence that the number and ferocity of ISIS terror attacks have increased in recent weeks as their losses on the battlefield mount. John Yang discusses the significance of the timing with Joby Warrick, author of "Black Flags: The… Continue watching