Jan 12 Watch 9:52 News Wrap: Islamic State supporters hack U.S. military social media accounts By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, social media sites belonging to the U.S. Central Command’s were hacked by a group who said they acted on behalf of the Islamic State. Threats against members of the military were posted on the @CENTCOM… Continue watching
Jan 12 Students in Pakistan return to school a month after Taliban massacre By Ariel Min Students in Pakistan returned to school today for the first time since Taliban militants stormed into classrooms and killed 134 children at Army Public School in Peshawar last month. Continue reading
Jan 12 Cuba releases 53 prisoners as part of historic deal with U.S. By Bradley Klapper, Andrea Rodriguez, Associated Press HAVANA — Cuba has completed the release of 53 political prisoners that was part of last month's historic deal with the United States, the Obama administration said Monday. The move clears a major hurdle for the normalization of ties between… Continue reading
Jan 12 White House: We should have sent someone with a ‘higher profile’ to Paris By Julie Pace, Associated Press The White House appeared to have been caught off guard by both the display of international unity at the Paris march and the criticism of its decision to be represented only by Ambassador Jane Huntley. Monday's admission of error seemed… Continue reading
Jan 12 Group claiming ties to Islamic State appear to have hacked key military command’s Twitter, YouTube accounts By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press A group calling themselves CyberCaliphate with the tagline “i love you isis” apparently have hacked the Twitter handle for U.S. Central Command, CENTCOM. Continue reading
Jan 11 Watch 25:21 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Jan. 11, 2015 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Sunday, Jan. 11, a historic rally is held in France in the wake of last week's terrorist attacks. Later, an official speaks on whether recruitment by terrorist organizations can be prevented, and two former NYPD officers… Continue watching
Jan 11 Watch 3:51 What can be done to prevent youth radicalization? By PBS News Hour A former CIA deputy director told PBS NewsHour Weekend on Saturday that a major concern for the U.S. is the possibility of radicalized young men with EU or American passports entering the country to carry out terrorist attacks like those… Continue watching
Jan 11 White House plans conference to counter violent extremism By Associated Press The White House plans a conference next month on efforts to counter violent extremism - in light of this past week's shootings in France, and earlier attacks in Canada and Australia. Continue reading
Jan 11 Child suicide bombers kill more than 20 in two Nigerian market blasts By Andrew Mach Two young girls strapped with explosives in northeast Nigeria blew themselves up Sunday, killing three other people in the second apparent attack in two days using child suicide bombers. Continue reading
Jan 11 Sea of demonstrators march for unity in Paris By Elisabeth Ponsot, Carey Reed Over one million people poured into the streets of Paris on Sunday in a march to honor the victims of three days of violence which began with the massacre of 12 people at the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo on Wednesday. Continue reading