Sep 16 Child deaths decline globally, with more children living to age 5, UNICEF report finds By Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press WASHINGTON — More of the world's children are surviving to their fifth birthday, but 6.3 million still died last year, mostly from preventable causes, the U.N. children's agency said Tuesday. Continue reading
Sep 15 Watch Can U.S. mobilize regional allies to fight Islamic State? By PBS News Hour Gwen Ifill speaks with retired Col. Derek Harvey, a former Army intelligence officer, and Steven Simon, a former National Security Council staff member, about the challenges for the U.S. in establishing a coalition to fight the Islamic State extremists. Continue watching
Sep 15 Watch PBS NewsHour full episode Sept. 15, 2014 By PBS News Hour Monday on the NewsHour, dozens of countries pledge partnership in the fight against the Islamic State group. Also: millions weigh in on the debate over net neutrality, voters in Scotland voice their opinions ahead of a crucial vote for independence,… Continue watching
Sep 15 Watch Dozens of nations pledge to fight Islamic State ‘by any means necessary’ By PBS News Hour Representatives from more than two dozen countries met in Paris to strategize against Islamic State extremists, who have taken over large swaths of Iraq and Syria. France has begun reconnaissance flights to set up its own airstrikes in Iraq, but… Continue watching
Sep 15 Watch Stay U.K. or go Scot free? Scotland weighs independence By PBS News Hour Scots are poised to decide whether to stay in a 307-year union with England or strike out on their own. The latest polls show a Scottish referendum on independence could go either way. From London and the British Houses of… Continue watching
Sep 15 Watch News Wrap: Shipwrecks off Malta and Libya kill more than 700 migrants By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, more than 700 immigrants hoping to reach Europe from Africa and the Middle East were killed in two shipwrecks last week. The death toll reportedly equals all migrant deaths for the entire year of 2013. Continue watching
Sep 15 U.S. reopens embassy in Central African Republic By Associated Press The State Department says it's reopening the U.S. Embassy in the Central African Republic. Operations had been suspended since December 2012 because of sectarian violence. Continue reading
Sep 15 India plus China: Lots of people, but less love By Michael D. Mosettig It's not often that two politicians can get together and claim to speak for more than a quarter of the world's 7.2 billion people. That's what will happen when President Xi Jinping of China and Prime Minister of Narendra Modi… Continue reading
Sep 14 Watch PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Sept. 14, 2014 By PBS News Hour On this edition of NewsHour Weekend for Sunday, Sept. 14, 2014, British Prime Minister David Cameron says he will make Islamic State militants pay for the beheading of aid worker David Haines. Later, why are so few of America's top… Continue watching