Dec 20 Watch 25:03 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Dec. 20, 2015 By PBS News Hour Sunday on NewsHour Weekend: A critical province in Afghanistan may be on the verge of falling to the Taliban, experts fact-check Saturday's Democratic presidential debate, and how the 2016 campaigns are using vast amounts of data to identify and target… Continue watching
Dec 20 Christmas attacks foiled as Indonesia arrests at least 10 By Michael D. Regan Indonesian counter-terrorism police arrested at least 10 people this week accused of planning separate attacks around the country over the Christmas holiday. Continue reading
Dec 20 False alarm after suspicious device forces landing of Air France flight By Michael D. Regan An Air France flight on route to Paris made an emergency landing in the Kenyan city of Mombasa on Sunday following a bomb scare that turned out to be a false alarm, according to a company official. Continue reading
Dec 19 Watch 25:03 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode December 19, 2015 By PBS News Hour Saturday on NewsHour Weekend: President Obama meets with families of victims of the San Bernardino terrorist attack, how the city of Boston is using data to track government progress, and consumer advocate Ralph Nader takes us inside his new museum. Continue watching
Dec 19 Carter: Strike that killed Iraqi soldiers may be 'mistake' by both sides By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press The American airstrike that may have killed a number of Iraqi soldiers on Friday seems to be "a mistake that involved both sides," U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Saturday. Iraq pledged to punish those responsible. Continue reading
Dec 19 Watch 3:31 After San Bernardino, a call to block online al-Qaida content By PBS News Hour The FBI revealed this week that one of the San Bernardino shooters and an alleged co-conspirator were inspired by former al Qaeda leader Anwar al-Awlaki. The U.S. killed al-Awlaki in a drone strike four years ago, but his legacy lives… Continue watching
Dec 18 Watch 7:21 People in recovery find the recipe for a fresh start in cooking career training By PBS News Hour Blocks from the White House, DC Central Kitchen is the nation's largest community kitchen, putting out 5,000 meals a day to homeless shelters, schools, halfway houses and other nonprofits. But the kitchen's other output is training men and women who… Continue watching
Dec 18 Watch 5:24 Assad future unclear as UN Security Council charts a course for Syria By PBS News Hour After nearly five years of brutal civil war, the United Nations Security Council voted to endorse an international framework for a peace process in Syria. Chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Warner joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss the details, what's at… Continue watching
Dec 18 Watch 7:14 News Wrap: EU leaders vow to wage 'uncompromising' fight against terror By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, European Union leaders agreed to beef up immigration controls, crack down on gun-running and freeze financial assets of extremist groups at a summit in Brussels. Also, Congress finished work on sweeping tax cut and government… Continue watching
Dec 18 UN Security Council adopts resolution laying out an end to Syrian war By Corinne Segal The five veto powers of the U.N. Security Council adopted a resolution Friday that lays out a plan to bring peace to Syria. Continue reading