Apr 29 Watch 8:43 Pentagon: Hospital bombing due to U.S. offensive strike to assist Afghan forces By PBS News Hour The Pentagon revealed that the bombing of an Afghan hospital occurred when U.S. forces preemptively fired to clear the way for an Afghan offensive. U.S. and Afghan forces were not under fire when U.S. aircraft destroyed the hospital. Hari Sreenivasan… Continue watching
Apr 29 Watch 6:17 The man who's walking around the world follows footsteps of old Silk Road traders By PBS News Hour Three years ago, Pulitzer-winning journalist Paul Salopek embarked on a decade-long walk around the world, charting the path of the original human emigrants who left their birthplace in eastern Africa to spread across the globe. As he prepares to follow… Continue watching
Apr 29 Watch 53:34 PBS NewsHour full episode April 29, 2016 By PBS News Hour Friday on the NewsHour, what the Pentagon discovered in its investigation of last year’s bombing of an Afghan hospital. Also: Inside Virginia’s delegate dance, Shields and Brooks talk politics, a global walking tour of human history, “Shuffle Along” revives its… Continue watching
Apr 29 John Kerry urges action by Bangladesh to prevent killings By Matthew Pennington, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Secretary of State John Kerry called on Bangladesh's leader to step up law enforcement to prevent a wave of killings targeting liberal voices, the State Department said Friday. Continue reading
Apr 29 Construction workers stumble upon buried treasure in Spain By Andrew Small Construction workers this week unearthed a horde of bronze Roman coins hidden in jugs in Tomares, Spain. Continue reading
Apr 29 16 blamed for mistakes in deadly U.S. attack on Afghan clinic By Robert Burns, Associated Press WASHINGTON — A U.S. aerial gunship attack on a hospital in Afghanistan that killed 42 people occurred because of human errors, process mistakes and equipment failures, and none of the aircrew or U.S. ground troops knew the target was a… Continue reading
Apr 29 How well do you know the world: Tanzaynia and a surprise trip By Larisa Epatko This week marked the 30th anniversary of a grim event, someone made a major foreign policy speech and Vice President Joe Biden made a surprise visit. Test your knowledge of this and more in our world news quiz. Continue reading
Apr 28 Watch 53:07 PBS NewsHour full episode April 28, 2016 By PBS News Hour Thursday on the NewsHour, an airstrike on a hospital is another sign that the Syrian cease-fire is in jeopardy. Also: Bringing the delegate fight to Indiana, how North Carolina’s bathroom law sparked business backlash, criminal justice reforms from the Senate… Continue watching
Apr 28 Watch 3:10 After attack on Aleppo hospital, Syria cease-fire 'alive, but barely' By PBS News Hour An airstrike smashed a hospital supported by the Red Cross and Doctors Without Borders overnight in Aleppo, Syria, killing dozens including one of the region's last pediatricians. Other attacks followed, punctuating the collapse of a cease-fire in the country's largest… Continue watching
Apr 28 Watch 3:27 News Wrap: U.S. soldiers disciplined for accidental Afghan hospital bombing By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, 16 U.S. military personnel, including a general, reportedly received administrative punishments for the mistaken bombing of a hospital in Afghanistan last year that killed 42. Also, Vice President Joe Biden made an unannounced visit to… Continue watching