Jun 16 Watch 8:46 Obama's envoy says U.S. and allies have momentum against Islamic State in Iraq By PBS News Hour Although Kurdish-Syrian forces recently recaptured the town of Tal Abyad on Syria’s border, many are still concerned about the rise of Islamic State militants. Retired Gen. John Allen, the Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL, talks… Continue watching
Jun 16 Watch 5:43 Former national security advisor on al-Qaida head killed in air strike By PBS News Hour With the killing of an al-Qaida head Nasir al-Wuhayshi in Yemen, is the group losing ground? Gwen Ifill talks with former National Security Advisor Juan Zarate on what the death of this leader means, as well as the progress of… Continue watching
Jun 16 Watch 7:29 Will development help or hurt Cuba's iconic architecture? By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jun 16 Watch 4:29 FDA orders elimination of trans fats within next three years By PBS News Hour The FDA has ordered the complete removal of trans fats from foods within the next three years. Dr. Walter Willett the Chair of the Department of Nutrition at Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health discusses the effect this will… Continue watching
Jun 16 Photos: In Havana, beauty and decay coexist By Frank Carlson You see it as soon as your plane touches down in Havana -- in the decades of texture worn into a pastel wall, in a brightly colored car parked on a quiet city street, in an elderly woman with flowers… Continue reading
Jun 16 Ret. Gen. Allen: Population in liberated Syrian town still needs protecting By Larisa Epatko The fight against Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq will be a tough slog, but forces have made some progress, including cutting off a key supply route to the militants’ self-proclaimed capital Raqqa in Syria, said retired Gen. George… Continue reading
Jun 16 Is U.S. losing to Islamic State group's social media appeal? General says no By Larisa Epatko Despite reports saying the United States has an uphill climb in countering the Islamic State group’s propaganda on social media, retired Marine Corps Gen. John Allen said Tuesday, “I don’t agree with the broad characterization that we’re losing” the war… Continue reading
Jun 16 Secretary of State Kerry expresses 'enormous' concern over India-Pakistan tensions By Associated Press Secretary of State John Kerry is voicing "enormous" concern over heightened tensions between nuclear rivals India and Pakistan. Continue reading
Jun 15 Watch 8:18 For better or for worse -- what would an end to the embargo mean for Cuba? By PBS News Hour As the relationship between Cuba and America improves, what will a potential end to the embargo mean for the two countries? Reporting from Havana, Jeffrey Brown looks at how closer ties to America could change Cuba, and the Cuban way… Continue watching
Jun 15 Watch 8:43 Impoverished Greeks fearful as default deadline looms By PBS News Hour Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras held an emergency meeting with his bailout negotiators after a weekend breakdown in talks with creditors brought the country closer to bankruptcy. Many in Greece are bracing for more turmoil as they wonder whether the… Continue watching