Mar 25 Watch 5:13 Who will fill Yemen’s power vacuum? By PBS News Hour In Yemen, Houthi Shiite rebels now control the capital, have spread south and west, and are making an advance on Aden, driving out President Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi. Who will rise to power and how does the turmoil affect the… Continue watching
Mar 25 Watch 1:31 Yemen’s government collapses after rebels offer bounty for President Hadi By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 25 Watch 7:42 Bowe Bergdahl’s motives were ‘pure,’ says lawyer of desertion charges By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 25 Watch 7:37 News Wrap: Investigators search through Germanwings wreckage on Alpine slopes By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 25 Bowe Bergdahl: for 3 months ‘I was chained to a bed spread-eagle and blindfolded’ By Margaret Myers On June 30, 2009, Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl abandoned his post in Afghanistan and was captured by the Taliban. The NewsHour has obtained a document in which for the first time since his release, he describes the excruciating circumstances of… Continue reading
Mar 25 Fall of Yemen government leaves U.S. with few options By Ken Dilanian, Associated Press he hasty maritime departure of Yemen's U.S.-backed president Wednesday illustrated how completely one of the most important American counterterrorism efforts has disintegrated, leaving the country wide open for what could be a deeply destabilizing proxy war between Saudi Arabia and… Continue reading
Mar 25 Photo essay: DIY airplanes, submarines, Lamborghini and other homemade Chinese inventions By Laura Santhanam What do restaurants, gunpowder and paper money have in common? They were all invented in China. Continue reading
Mar 25 U.S. airstrikes against Islamic State group begin in Iraq By Robert Burns, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Iraqi government has asked the U.S. to provide airstrikes in support of a stalled Iraqi ground offensive against a dug-in Islamic State force in the northern city of Tikrit, a U.S. official said Wednesday. Continue reading
Mar 25 Platoon mate has ‘mixed feelings’ about Bergdahl’s desertion charges By Larisa Epatko Former Taliban captive U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl is charged with desertion and misbehavior before the enemy, military officials said Wednesday, an outcome one of his platoon mates called “bittersweet.”… Continue reading
Mar 25 Is Facebook dictating our news consumption habits? By Colleen Shalby The New York Times reported this week that Facebook will start working with news organizations to publish content directly to the social network. Among those currently in talks are Buzzfeed, National Geographic and the New York Times. Continue reading