Jan 09 Watch 7:42 High volume of potential threats challenges Western counterterrorism efforts By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jan 09 Watch 3:22 Paris police hunt for woman tied to supermarket siege By PBS News Hour Mark Austin of Independent Television News talks to Judy Woodruff from Paris about the search for a woman believed to be involved in the supermarket hostage siege and how Parisians are feeling after the death of three terrorists. Continue watching
Jan 09 Watch 3:19 At the end of Paris terror standoffs, questions about French security efforts By PBS News Hour Three days of terror in France ended with the deaths of three gunmen, including Said and Cherif Kouachi, brothers suspected of killing 12 people in Paris. That raid at a printing plant followed a nearly simultaneous assault at a kosher… Continue watching
Jan 09 Watch 5:34 News Wrap: Legal challenge to Keystone XL fails in Nebraska By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, the House of Representatives voted again to approve construction of the Keystone XL pipeline after the Nebraska Supreme Court rejected a legal challenge to the pipeline’s route. Also, Islamic cleric Mustafa Kamel Mustafa was sentenced… Continue watching
Jan 09 U.S. State Department issues global travel warning after terror attacks By Bradley Klapper, Associated Press The State Department's warning says attacks against Americans are becoming increasingly prevalent. It also cites an increased risk of reprisals against U.S. and Western targets for the U.S.-led intervention against Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq. Continue reading
Jan 09 Photo essay: Remnants of the trillion-dollar war in Afghanistan rust in the desert By Joshua Barajas At its peak, the number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan swelled to 140,000 in 2010 when Obama ordered a "surge" to counter the growing insurgency. Now, the U.S. is tasked in dismantling its operations throughout Afghanistan to house the incoming… Continue reading
Jan 09 What do we know about the Kouachi brothers? By Ruth Tam Chérif Kouachi and Said Kouachi were the primary suspects in Wednesday’s shooting at a French satirical newspaper that claimed 12 lives. Until Friday morning, the brothers were at large when a manhunt drove them to a small industrial town where… Continue reading
Jan 09 Al-Qaida’s Yemen branch claims responsibility for Charlie Hebdo shootings By News Desk Live updates on the Charlie Hebdo attacks. Continue reading
Jan 09 Kerry to meet Iranian FM next week in Geneva By Matthew Lee, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Secretary of State John Kerry will meet Iran's foreign minister in Switzerland next week to discuss the current state of nuclear negotiations as a March target date for the outline of a deal approaches, the State Department said… Continue reading
Jan 09 Female feat: Nepalese climbers celebrate peak performance By Lorna Baldwin A team of women in Nepal has achieved a mountaineering first, scaling seven of the world's highest peaks on seven continents. Continue reading