Dec 07 Refugee life is hard enough on a kid, this artist is trying to brighten up their school By Corinne Segal More than 2.6 million Syrian children are not in school, many of them having left in the midst of a war now in its fifth year. Continue reading
Dec 07 Opposition sweeps Venezuelan parliamentary elections By News Desk Venezuela’s opposition won the most seats in Sunday’s parliamentary elections, paving the way for a strong challenge to President Nicolas Maduro in the next presidential election in 2019. Continue reading
Dec 06 Watch 22:26 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Dec. 6, 2015 By PBS News Hour Sunday on NewsHour Weekend: President Obama addresses the nation about homegrown terrorist attacks and mass shootings from the Oval Office, liberals and conservatives come together with a plan to reduce poverty, and the battle over net neutrality returns to the… Continue watching
Dec 06 Watch 3:31 Here's what President Obama is expected to say in Sunday's primetime address By PBS News Hour For only the third time in his presidency, President Obama will address the nation from the Oval Office, focusing on the ongoing terrorism investigation into Wednesday's mass shooting in San Bernardino, California, that killed 14 people and wounded 21 others. Continue watching
Dec 06 London Underground stabbing attack called 'terrorist incident' By Michael D. Regan Days after British war planes began an expanded airstrike campaign against the Islamic State, a man on Saturday reportedly yelled "this is for Syria" before slashing at least one person with a knife in a London subway station. Continue reading
Dec 05 Watch 22:28 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Dec. 5, 2015 By PBS News Hour Saturday on NewsHour Weekend: The terror investigation into the San Bernardino mass shooting turns toward suspect Tashfeen Malik, experts discuss how those living in the U.S. might be radicalized, and in Puerto Rico, a movement to become more food independent. Continue watching
Dec 05 Watch 3:22 After San Bernardino, how can law enforcement prevent self-radicalization? By PBS News Hour A main concern following the San Bernardino mass shooting is how those in the U.S. may become radicalized -- and the challenge that poses to law enforcement trying to track those individuals. David Schanzer, Director of the Triangle Center on… Continue watching
Dec 05 Watch Here's what we know about the growing international fight against ISIS By PBS News Hour In the fight against ISIS, France has stepped up airstrikes in Syria since the terror attacks in Paris, shortly after the U.K. authorized its own airstrikes, and Germany has voted to support the military campaign against the group. But what… Continue watching
Dec 05 ISIS claims California shooters as followers of militant group By Elisabeth Ponsot, Stephen Fee The Islamic State said Saturday the two shooters who stormed a holiday party in San Bernardino, Calif., on Wednesday, killing 14 people and wounding 21, were followers of the militant group. Continue reading
Dec 05 Watch 3:42 Paris climate talks enter next phase, but political roadblocks remain By PBS News Hour The climate talks that began last week in Paris have reached the halfway point, and early Saturday, delegates from 195 nations approved a draft text they hope will be the basis for an agreement to reduce global carbon emissions. But… Continue watching