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
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