Mar 09 Watch 6:18 Bringing Mali's music back from exile By PBS News Hour Mali is a country renowned for its music, but in 2012, the music stopped. That year, separatist rebels and Islamic groups seized two-thirds of the country and banned any expression of art. While French and Malian forces drove the Islamists… Continue watching
Mar 09 Watch 5:20 Can we achieve global gender equality by 2030? By PBS News Hour Twenty years since the UN announced a major effort to reduce global gender inequality, women and girls today are far from getting equal treatment and participation in society, while violence against females is commonplace. Lakshmi Puri of UN Women joins… Continue watching
Mar 09 Separating sheep from goats in a tense Hong Kong By Michael D. Mosettig In Hong Kong these days, a Chinese and international city of 7 million brimming with both raw commercial energy and political tension, the newest hot button issue is how to separate the sheep from the goats. Continue reading
Mar 09 Obama levies sanctions on seven Venezuelan officials By Julie Pace, Associated Press President Barack Obama slapped sanctions on seven Venezuelan officials Monday, accusing them of perpetrating human rights violations and public corruption in the socialist-governed South American nation. Continue reading
Mar 08 Watch 22:41 PBS NewsHour Weekend full program March 8, 2015 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Sunday, March 8, 2015, the latest from Baghdad as Iraqi forces launch an offensive against the Islamic State, why the director of the CIA plans to restructure the agency, and in our signature segment, the increasingly… Continue watching
Mar 08 Suspects arrested in Nemtsov murder investigation By Daniel Costa-Roberts Russian authorities arrested five men Saturday in connection with Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov's murder, one of whom allegedly confessed to the crime. Continue reading
Mar 08 Watch 3:21 What's behind the growing rift between Iraq and U.S. forces in the fight against Islamic State? By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 08 Liberian government closes crematorium in sign of Ebola progress By Triana Kalmanoff The Liberian government has closed and dismantled a crematorium in Monrovia in a move that represents significant progress in the country’s fight against the disease. Continue reading
Mar 08 Chinese activists detained ahead of International Women's Day By Rebecca Lee Five women's rights activists have been detained in China for organizing demonstrations for International Women's Day, celebrated on Mar. 8. Continue reading
Mar 08 Photos: Revelers let loose during Holi festival in India By News Desk This week, revelers in India celebrated Holi, an ancient religious festival primarily observed in India and Nepal. Celebrations begin with a giant bonfire at night and continue the next day with a free-for-all frolic of colored powder and water fights… Continue reading