Mar 17 Syrian government air raid may amount to war crime By Marina Lopes A Syrian government raid on an Islamic State threshold that resulted in over 100 civilian casualties last year could amount to a war crime, human rights organization Amnesty International said in a report on Tuesday. Continue reading
Mar 17 Israel's exit polls show Netanyahu and Herzog neck and neck By News Desk Exit polls show that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party and Isaac Herzog's Zionist Union are neck and neck in Israel's election Tuesday. Continue reading
Mar 17 Photos: In historically divisive Irish city, temple offers unity and light By Larisa Epatko In Northern Ireland, in a city notorious for its Protestant-Catholic tensions, a beautifully intricate structure has been drawing large crowds. Continue reading
Mar 17 Iranians optimistic about clinching nuclear agreement By Bradley Klapper, George Jahn, Associated Press LAUSANNE, Switzerland — In an unusually upbeat assessment, Iran's top nuclear official said Tuesday his government's main disagreements with the U.S. and its negotiating partners have been resolved and expressed optimism about meeting a late March deadline for a framework… Continue reading
Mar 17 Can countries survive their move to the middle class? By Larisa Epatko HANOI, Vietnam -- Vietnam has pulled itself up economically over the decades. One of the consequences? Diminishing donor funds. Continue reading
Mar 17 What it's like to be a midwife in one of the most remote parts of Vietnam By Larisa Epatko DIEN BIEN PHU, Vietnam — Quang Thi Un, 29, said she didn’t give much thought to becoming a midwife or really any line of work until her brother, a teacher, sent her to a new midwifery training program in Vietnam. Continue reading
Mar 16 Watch 12:01 Can anything break the Syrian war stalemate? By PBS News Hour Since the start of Syria's war four years ago, more than 200,000 people have died and millions have been made homeless. Two rounds of peace talks have already failed. What can be done to bring an end to the war?… Continue watching
Mar 16 Watch In last campaign push, Netanyahu reverses stand on Palestinian state By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 16 Watch 6:11 News Wrap: Thousands homeless in Vanuatu after devastating cyclone By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 16 Four years into war, Syrian Americans renew their calls against Assad, IS By Noreen Nasir, Shehryar Nabi On Sunday, hundreds of Syrian Americans from around the country gathered for a fourth year in front of the White House to commemorate the beginning of the revolution, and to honor the 220,000 people who have been killed since it… Continue reading