Nov 13 Parisians use #PorteOuverte to offer each other shelter after attacks By Corinne Segal After a series in attacks in Paris left more than 100 people dead Friday, residents rallied around the hashtag #PorteOuverte on Twitter to offer people safe places to stay. Continue reading
Nov 13 Obama: Shootings in Paris an 'attack on all of humanity' By News Desk President Obama on Friday night condemned the series of attacks that reportedly have killed dozens of people, calling them an “attack on all of humanity and the universal values that we share.”… Continue reading
Nov 13 State of emergency in Paris after series of deadly attacks By News Desk French President François Hollande declared a state of emergency, and has closed the borders, after a series of shootings and explosions rocked Paris Friday night. Continue reading
Nov 13 World news quiz: Winning in Myanmar and a festival of lights By Larisa Epatko This week, Myanmar held its first free elections in 25 years and an Islamic State killer was targeted in a U.S. airstrike. Test your knowledge of these international events and more in our 5-minute quiz. Continue reading
Nov 13 Changing Guantanamo prison's ZIP code isn't a fix, critics argue By Deb Riechmann, Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's quest to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay, perhaps by moving some detainees to the United States, has fostered an unusual alliance between his congressional critics and liberal-leaning advocacy groups that say changing the detention… Continue reading
Nov 13 U.S. 'reasonably certain' Jihadi John is dead By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press WASHINGTON — A U.S. drone strike targeted a vehicle in Syria believed to be transporting the masked Islamic State militant known as "Jihadi John," according to American officials. Whether the strike killed the British man who appears in several videos… Continue reading
Nov 12 Watch 4:36 How a Medal of Honor recipient confronted a suicide bomber By PBS News Hour Retired Army Capt. Florent Groberg was awarded the Medal of Honor for risking his life to stop a suicide bomber in Afghanistan. Thirty-two-year-old Groberg is just the 10th living service member to receive the nation's highest military honor for actions… Continue watching
Nov 12 Watch 8:29 Feeling burden of migrant crisis, Sweden imposes border controls By PBS News Hour Sweden is the latest European country to impose border controls. So far, the Scandinavian nation has accepted more refugees per capita than any other country on the continent, which has taken a toll on its public services. Special correspondent Malcolm… Continue watching
Nov 12 Watch 3:26 News Wrap: Islamic State claims Beirut suicide bombings By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, two suicide bombings in Beirut killed at least 37 people and wounded almost 200 more. The Islamic State militant group claimed responsibility for the attacks. Also, protests spread across Afghanistan in response to a rash… Continue watching
Nov 12 Watch 3:29 Kurdish forces cut off key Islamic State route in Iraq By PBS News Hour American airstrikes hammered Sinjar as the Kurdish Peshmerga ground force began an offensive on the Iraqi town held by the Islamic State. Gwen Ifill reports. Continue watching