Jun 11 Watch 4:38 News Wrap: Former China security chief gets life in prison By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, China's former security chief Zhou Yongkang has been sentenced to life in prison on charges of corruption. Zhou is the highest-ranking former Communist official to face such charges. Also, a Cleveland judge ruled that there… Continue watching
Jun 11 Christopher Lee, the definitive Dracula and veteran actor, dies at 93 By Joshua Barajas British actor Christopher Lee, known for portraying the immortal bloodsucker Dracula, among other villains on the silver screen, has died at the age of 93, his wife confirmed Thursday. Continue reading
Jun 10 Watch 54:35 PBS NewsHour full episode June 10, 2015 By PBS News Hour Wednesday on the NewsHour, the Obama administration announces plans to send hundreds of extra troops to train Iraqi forces in the fight against the Islamic State group. Also: New drugs to treat bad cholesterol, salty waters intrude and threaten wildlife… Continue watching
Jun 10 Will more U.S. military might in Iraq keep forces from 'taking a licking'? By Larisa Epatko President Barack Obama’s plan to bulk up the U.S. military presence in Iraq by adding up to 450 more advisers and trainers has come under scrutiny, including from retired U.S. Army Col. Andrew Bacevich, who said he was skeptical it… Continue reading
Jun 10 Watch 17:25 Can Obama's plan 'defeat and destroy' the Islamic State? By PBS News Hour The White House has announced it will send more troops to fight the Islamic State group in Iraq. To discuss the multi-front war with the militants, Judy Woodruff talks to Michèle Flournoy of the Center for a New American Security,… Continue watching
Jun 10 Watch 4:57 One year since Mosul's capture, White House rolls out plan to send more military trainers By PBS News Hour One year ago, the Islamic State group shocked the world as it captured Iraq's second largest city. Today, the White House laid out plans to send up to 450 more military trainers to that country and to establish a fifth… Continue watching
Jun 10 5 things you need to know about the $2 billion corruption scandal roiling Brazil By Marina Lopes For years, executives at Brazil's state-owned oil giant, Petrobras, took $2 billion in bribes as part of a massive scheme that implicated hundreds of middlemen, congressmen and politicians, prosecutors allege. Last week, the company made a rare… Continue reading
Jun 10 Year after Mosul capture, millions of Iraqis still need basic food and shelter By Larisa Epatko A year after Islamic State militants took control of Mosul, the number of Iraqis who have fled the besieged northern city has ballooned to more than a million people in need of basic food, water and shelter, Mercy Corps’ Iraq… Continue reading
Jun 10 U.S. to send more troops to Iraq for expanded training mission By Nedra Pickler and Robert Burns, Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama ordered the deployment of up to 450 more U.S. troops to Iraq on Wednesday to advise and assist local forces in an effort to reverse the recent gains of the Islamic State. Continue reading
Jun 09 Watch 5:27 Inside a migrant detainment center in Libya By PBS News Hour More than 100,000 migrants have arrived in Europe this year after making the treacherous voyage across the Mediterranean. Lindsey Hilsum of Independent Television News goes to a detention center in Libya, where refugees who were trying to flee North Africa… Continue watching