Dec 23 Watch 12:08 Europe grapples with a desperate year for migrants By PBS News Hour More than 1 million migrants and refugees arrived in Europe in 2015, driven by violent conflict in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere. The onslaught of people making the desperate journey shows little signs of abating, as Europe struggles with the… Continue watching
Dec 23 Watch 8:25 What a Ramadi victory means for the fight against ISIS By PBS News Hour The Iraqi military has been preparing for months to recapture Ramadi from the Islamic State group. As tanks and other vehicles rolled through the streets, state television reported the army chief has said his forces will finish taking back the… Continue watching
Dec 23 Watch 4:41 News Wrap: Survivor rescued from Shenzhen mudslide By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, there was a miraculous rescue in Shenzhen, China, where a devastating mudslide buried part of an industrial park three days ago. Also, forecasters issued tornado warnings from Louisiana to Illinois just two days before Christmas. Continue watching
Dec 22 Watch 9:21 At the end of 2015, is U.S. national security better off? By PBS News Hour From a national security perspective, is the U.S. better off than it was a year ago? Judy Woodruff gets reflections on the year in foreign affairs from former State Department officials Wendy Sherman and Richard Haass. Continue watching
Dec 22 Watch 2:29 How war and peace shaped the world in 2015 By PBS News Hour 2015 was not immune from conflict or bloodshed; there was the Syrian war, the fight against the Islamic State, terrorism on the African continent, the attack on Paris, combat in Eastern Ukraine. But there were major diplomatic agreements reached as… Continue watching
Dec 22 Watch 4:10 News Wrap: Iraqi forces advance on ISIS-held Ramadi By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, Iraqi Army units advanced into Ramadi as part of a slow-moving offensive to recapture the key city from the Islamic State. Also, Afghan forces fought against Taliban fighters in a crucial southern province. Continue watching
Dec 22 More than 1 million migrants arrived in Europe this year By Gretchen Frazee More than one million migrants have entered Europe this year, marking the largest wave of immigration into the continent since World War II. Continue reading
Dec 21 Watch 5:03 How a new U.S. law protects lions in Africa By PBS News Hour African lions are getting new protections from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Five months after an American hunter killed an animal named Cecil in Zimbabwe, a new classification will help prohibit imports of lion trophies from Central and West… Continue watching
Dec 21 Watch 6:31 Bagram attack is strongest sign yet of a Taliban resurgence By PBS News Hour Six soldiers were killed and two wounded in the U.S. military's worst single day in Afghanistan in over a year. A suicide bomber drove a motorcycle into a joint U.S.-Afghan foot patrol near Bagram Airfield. That follows a retreat by… Continue watching
Dec 21 FIFA bans Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini from soccer for eight years By Corinne Segal FIFA's ethics court has banned president Joseph "Sepp" Blatter and vice-president Michel Platini from soccer for eight years in the latest fallout from investigations of corruption in the organization. Continue reading