Feb 27 Saudi court sentences man to 10 years, 2,000 lashes for atheist tweets By Daniel Costa-Roberts A court in Saudi Arabia has handed down a guilty verdict in the case of a professed atheist accused of posting hundreds of tweets denying God's existence and criticizing religion. His sentence: a decade in prison, a fine and a… Continue reading
Feb 27 Millions vote in Iran as moderates appear to make gains By Michael D. Regan Early polling showed moderate Iranian candidates appeared make gains in national elections, which may help solidify President Hassan Rouhani reformist policies. Continue reading
Feb 27 Fragile peace holds, Russia grounds planes in first day of Syrian truce By Daniel Costa-Roberts Relative calm prevailed in parts of Syria as most fighting between government forces and rebel groups stopped and Russia halted airstrikes on Saturday, the first day of a fragile cessation of hostilities. Continue reading
Feb 27 Watch 3:20 High voter turnout in Iran's elections led by new generation of young voters By PBS News Hour Officials in Iran are counting the votes in its first national election since agreeing to its nuclear disarmament deal with the U.S. and other world powers. Cliff Kupchan, chairman of the Eurasia Group, joins Hari Sreenivasan from Washington, for analysis. Continue watching
Feb 27 Watch 9:46 Enforcing Iran sanctions still tangles Iranian-Americans in 'spider's web of laws' By Ivette Feliciano, Zachary Green The U.S. has imposed hundreds of sanctions against Iran for more than 30 years to temper the country's nuclear ambitions. And even though the sanctions against Iran were eased with January's nuclear disarmament deal, rules about how people in the… Continue watching
Feb 27 Despite nuclear deal, 'collateral damage' of sanctions snares Iranian-Americans By Andrew Mach While experts agree that the U.S. government never intended for sanctions against Iran to burden Iranian-Americans, some critics say the collateral effects snare those living in the U.S. -- even after January's nuclear deal. Continue reading
Feb 26 Watch 4:48 News Wrap: Three dead in Kansas lawn-mower factory shooting By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, a shooting rampage at a lawn-mower factory in Hesston, Kansas, Thursday afternoon left three dead and 15 wounded before the gunman was killed by police. Also, hours before the start of the scheduled ceasefire in… Continue watching
Feb 26 Watch 6:13 Could Iran's elections lead to real political change? By PBS News Hour Millions of Iranians cast their votes Friday afternoon for the country’s new Parliament, as well as for the council that will choose the next Supreme Leader. Though the government has blocked thousands of reformist candidates from running, moderates hope to… Continue watching
Feb 26 Watch 54:17 PBS NewsHour full episode Feb. 26, 2016 By PBS News Hour Friday on the NewsHour, Gov. Chris Christie endorses Donald Trump hours after a contentious debate that saw rivals taking aim at the GOP frontrunner. Also: Clinton and Sanders battle for black votes in South Carolina, Shields and Ponnuru talk the… Continue watching
Feb 26 Watch 4:16 In 'Lamb,' a universal tale in a rarely seen country By Megan Thompson, tritzenthaler Ethiopian film "Lamb" from director Yared Zeleke, which follows a half-Jewish boy sent to live with relatives in the country's southern mountains, is the first film from Ethiopia to ever be selected for the Cannes Film Festival and was the… Continue watching