Jan 08 Watch 7:09 News Wrap: Obama administration launches task force to counter extremism By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, the Obama administration unveiled a new task force to revamp efforts on combating violent extremism at home. Also, President Obama vetoed a Republican bill that would have repealed the Affordable Care Act. Continue watching
Jan 08 Watch 5:17 What the capture of 'El Chapo' means for Mexico's drug wars By PBS News Hour Joaquin Guzman, a.k.a "El Chapo," perhaps the world's most notorious drug lord, was arrested nearly six months after his elaborate escape from a high-security prison in Mexico. Hari Sreenivasan learns more from Alfredo Corchado of Arizona State University about what… Continue watching
Jan 08 News editors show support for Jason Rezaian in letter to John Kerry By PBS News Hour Twenty-five news editors from some of the most influential media organizations in the U.S. are calling on Secretary of State John Kerry to work toward the release of imprisoned Washington Post journalist Jason Rezaian. Continue reading
Jan 08 Guantanamo detainee, held since 2002, returns to Kuwait By Larisa Epatko The last of the Kuwaiti detainees at Guantanamo flew home on Friday. Continue reading
Jan 08 Mexico announces capture of fugitive drug lord 'El Chapo' By Erik Andersen Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto tweeted Friday that fugitive drug lord Jaquin "El Chapo" Guzman has been captured. Continue reading
Jan 08 World news quiz: Mideast rift widens and North Korea drops the H-bomb By Larisa Epatko Two nations in the Middle East deepened their rivalry this week, and North Korea made provocative claims that it tested a hydrogen bomb. Test your knowledge of these events and more in our 5-minute world news quiz. Continue reading
Jan 07 Watch 54:24 PBS NewsHour full episode Jan. 7, 2016 By PBS News Hour Thursday on the NewsHour, China's market makes a great fall, routing stocks around the world. Also: How the 2016 election is playing out in advertisements, new guidelines for how to eat, getting happiness by giving to others, the lifelong consequences… Continue watching
Jan 07 Watch 5:01 What does the market crash say about China's economy? By PBS News Hour The Chinese stock market dropped 7 percent in the first 29 minutes of trading, before shutting down to stem further losses. China’s second major crash in the past four days drove investor skittishness around the globe, including a Dow loss… Continue watching
Jan 07 Watch 5:06 News Wrap: Truck bomb kills dozens in Libya By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, at least 47 people were killed and more than 100 wounded in Libya by a truck bomb targeting a police training center with hundreds of recruits. Also, dozens of Saudi airstrikes hit targets in Yemen's… Continue watching
Jan 07 France remembers victims of Charlie Hebdo attack one year later By News Desk A year after the Islamic extremist attacks in Paris on satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, a kosher market and on a police officer, France remembered the 17 people who died with a week’s worth of memorial services and plaques placed around… Continue reading