Dec 18 The Syrian crisis simplified: Who's fighting whom and why? By Connie Cass, Associated Press One nation, two wars, a quarter-million lives lost, millions forced from their homes, and still no end in sight for the crisis in Syria. Continue reading
Dec 18 World news quiz: The highs and lows of 2015 By Larisa Epatko In 2015, Syrian refugees continued to flee a bloody civil war, nations unified over climate change and the Internet was divided over the color of a dress. Take the year-end edition of our world news quiz to see how much… Continue reading
Dec 17 Watch 6:40 Migrant crisis crashing ashore, Lesbos fishermen now fish for people By PBS News Hour More than 800,000 migrants have arrived in Greece by sea during 2015, with most of them landing on the island of Lesbos. The crisis has had both economic and emotional impacts for the island inhabitants. Special correspondent Malcolm Brabant talks… Continue watching
Dec 17 Watch 4:05 How fragile Yemen peace efforts affect the fight against the Islamic State By PBS News Hour In Yemen, there have been small signs of progress at peace negotiations between the government and Shiite Houthi rebels, but tanks are still blasting and gunfire still cracking despite a cease-fire. The conflict, which has ravaged the Arab world's poorest… Continue watching
Dec 17 Who watches the watch list? By P. J. Tobia Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev was interviewed by the FBI in 2011, two years before carrying out the attack. It made us wonder. What does tracking terrorists entail? And how is it that someone on a government watch list wasn’t… Continue reading
Dec 16 How one Iraqi refugee's story reached thousands on 'Humans of New York' By News Desk Aya Abdullah, an Iraqi interpreter, became a refugee at the age of 14. Continue reading
Dec 16 Watch 1:39 Humans of New York gives U.S.-bound refugees a voice By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Dec 15 Watch 4:24 News Wrap: IAEA ends probe of Iran's nuclear program By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, the UN nuclear agency formally ended a decade-long probe, finding that Tehran had worked on activities related to a nuclear weapon, but found no sign the work has continued. Also, activists are accusing the Nigerian… Continue watching
Dec 15 U.S., Cuba reach deal on restoring direct commercial flights By Bradley Klapper, Associated Press Updated: Cuba and the United States reached an agreement Wednesday night on reestablishing commercial flights. Continue reading
Dec 14 Watch 7:06 Will the Paris accord change our climate outlook? By PBS News Hour Will the historic global climate accord lead to historic results? Judy Woodruff gets reaction from Robert Bryce of the Manhattan Institute and Fred Krupp of the Environmental Defense Fund. Continue watching