Apr 22 Teen brides and future jihadis, Syria's child refugees By P. J. Tobia This week on Shortwave, we bring you the story of Syria's refugee children. Ten million people. A population the size of London and Paris combined. That's how many Syrians have been forced to leave their homes since 2011. Of these… Continue reading
Apr 21 Watch 54:27 PBS NewsHour full episode April 21, 2015 By PBS News Hour Tuesday on the NewsHour, the EU and UN face an escalating humanitarian crisis in the wake of the worst-ever migrant boat sinking in the Mediterranean. Also: Senate leaders end a standoff over the attorney general nominee, battling Islamic State forces… Continue watching
Apr 21 Watch 7:30 Would Syria safe zones stop refugees from boarding boats to Europe? By PBS News Hour While the UN Refugee Agency is urging the European Union to adopt an emergency action plan on the intensifying migrant crisis in the Mediterranean, a bipartisan group of U.S. senators has sent a letter to President Obama on the possibility… Continue watching
Apr 21 Watch 5:37 Fleeing and fighting Islamic State forces in Anbar province By PBS News Hour After being driven out of Tikrit, the Islamic State has renewed its push into Western Anbar province. The government in Baghdad is wary of letting in fleeing families, seeing displaced people from IS strongholds as security risks. Meanwhile, Iraqi forces… Continue watching
Apr 21 Watch 3:28 Captain arrested for deadly migrant shipwreck By PBS News Hour The few survivors of the Mediterranean’s worst-ever migrant boat sinking arrived in Sicily overnight. The boat’s Tunisian captain and one Syrian crew member were taken into custody on suspicion of smuggling, reckless homicide and causing a shipwreck. At least 800,… Continue watching
Apr 21 Watch 3:19 News Wrap: Justice Department opens case on Baltimore police custody death By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, the U.S. Justice Department opened a civil rights investigation into the death of Freddie Gray, a Baltimore man who died in police custody. Also, a court in Egypt sentenced ousted former President Mohammed Morsi to… Continue watching
Apr 21 Watch 4:14 Why Saudi Arabia rolled back its Yemen military action By PBS News Hour Saudi Arabia announced an end to a month-long air campaign against Shiite rebels in Yemen, saying they will focus on political efforts and use military action if needed. The White House has sent over an aircraft carrier to beef up… Continue watching
Apr 21 North Korea could model future nuclear talks after Iran By Matthew Pennington, Associated Press North Korea should learn from the emerging nuclear deal with Iran that Washington is willing to engage its adversaries if it has a "credible" partner to negotiate with, a senior U.S. official said Tuesday. Continue reading
Apr 21 Former Egyptian president Morsi gets 20 years in jail By News Desk Egypt’s first freely elected leader Mohammed Morsi was sentenced to 20 years in jail without parole on Tuesday on charges connected to the killing of demonstrators, who were protesting against his governing Muslim Brotherhood party for abusing power. Continue reading
Apr 20 Watch 5:03 Translating Dante's heaven and hell through the eyes of African artists By PBS News Hour Art curator Simon Njami loved the works of Dante, but he realized that the renaissance text about hell, purgatory and paradise didn't speak to the experience all readers, including himself. He set out to re-imagine the Divine Comedy, to update… Continue watching