May 22 Two dead and two missing near the summit of Mount Everest By Michael D. Regan Two people died and two are missing near the summit of Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world. Continue reading
May 21 Watch 1:54 What to expect ahead of Obama's visit to Japan By PBS News Hour On August 6, 1945, the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, killing 140,000 people. A second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki three days later, killing another 70,000. Japan surrendered. Since World War II, no sitting American president has visited… Continue watching
May 21 U.S. airstrike targets Taliban leader Mullah Mansour By Alan Fram, Associated Press The Pentagon has announced that the U.S. has conducted an airstrike targeting Taliban leader Mullah Mansour. One American official says the U.S. believes Mansour was killed in what was a drone strike authorized by President Barack Obama. Continue reading
May 21 Top U.S. commander makes secret visit to Syria By Robert Burns, Associated Press The top U.S. commander for the Middle East secretly visited Syria on Saturday for a first-hand look at efforts to build cohesive alliances of Arab, Kurd and other local fighters to defeat the Islamic State. Continue reading
May 21 Funerals held in Iraq after protesters breach fortified Green Zone By Michael D. Regan Funerals were held Saturday in Iraq for anti-government demonstrators killed during protests a day earlier, when Baghdad's Green Zone was infiltrated for the second time this month. Continue reading
May 21 Egypt sends submarine to search for clues about EgyptAir crash that killed 66 By Kamala Kelkar Before an EgyptAir jet crashed into the Mediterranean with 66 people on board Thursday, it had sent out a burst of error messages indicating there was smoke aboard, a French air investigation agency spokesman said Saturday. Continue reading
May 21 Mexico's foreign ministry approves U.S. extradition for 'El Chapo' By Corinne Segal The Mexican Foreign Ministry has approved extradition to the U.S. for Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzmán, in a move that could bring the drug lord closer to facing charges from U.S. prosecutors. Continue reading
May 21 Obama looks to boost economic ties with trip to Vietnam By Nancy Benac, Associated Press President Barack Obama's mission in Vietnam and Japan is to build stronger economic and security ties with Asian-Pacific allies anxious about the rise of an increasingly muscular China. Continue reading
May 20 Watch 53:39 PBS NewsHour full episode May 20, 2016 By PBS News Hour Friday on the NewsHour, families of the people aboard EgyptAir Flight 804 weep as debris is found in the Mediterranean Sea, but uncertainty remains about the disaster. Also: The FDA rolls out new rules for nutrition labels to combat obesity… Continue watching
May 20 Watch Meet bicycle diplomat Ted Osius, America's modern ambassador to Vietnam By PBS News Hour Ted Osius’ path to becoming U.S. ambassador to Vietnam began with bicycle diplomacy, soon after relations with Hanoi were restored in 1995. As a consular officer, he pedaled the countryside and endeared himself to the Vietnamese. Osius is gay and… Continue watching