Aug 19 Watch Poet Behbahani Writes for Peace Amid Iran’s Political Turmoil By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Aug 18 Watch 11:16 Despite military advances, displaced Iraqis fear risks of returning home By PBS News Hour Saving the Kurdish city of Irbil from the onslaught of Islamic State fighters was one of the goals of U.S. airstrikes launched earlier this month. But a sense of foreboding remains in the region, and many of the displaced residents… Continue watching
Aug 18 Watch Photographer documents effects of Ebola on daily life in Liberia By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Aug 18 Watch After one quarantine center is attacked in Liberia, another large Ebola medical facility opens By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Aug 18 Watch News Wrap: Refugee convoy attacked in eastern Ukraine By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, the Ukrainian military reported that dozens of civilians were killed when a convoy of refugees came under rocket fire near the rebel-held city of Luhansk. Government officials and the separatists have blamed each other for… Continue watching
Aug 18 President Obama cites progress in Iraq, announces Holder is heading to Ferguson By Jim Kuhnhenn, Associated Press President Barack Obama plans to speak Monday about the situations in Iraq and in Ferguson, Missouri, after meeting with top aides on both trouble spots. Continue reading
Aug 18 Liberian mob attacks Ebola clinic; dozens of patients missing By Anya van Wagtendonk More than a dozen Ebola patients are still unaccounted for after a violent attack on a Liberian Ebola treatment center Saturday, authorities say, raising fears that the virus will find a new stronghold in the country’s largest slum. Continue reading
Aug 18 Julian Assange to leave Ecuador’s embassy in London By Colleen Shalby Wikileaks founder Julian Assange announced Monday morning that he would be leaving the Ecuadoran Embassy in London. He has taken refuge there for over two years to avoid extradition to Sweden, where he faces arrest and questioning for allegations of… Continue reading
Aug 18 President Obama pauses vacation, returns to Washington By Julie Pace, Associated Press The exact reason for Obama's return shortly after midnight remained unclear, though it appeared aimed in part at countering criticism that Obama was spending two weeks on the Massachusetts island in the midst of multiple crises. Continue reading
Aug 17 Watch PBS NewsHour Weekend | Full Episode | Sunday, August 17, 2014 By PBS News Hour On this edition, a new overnight curfew fails to halt the violence in Ferguson, Missouri, following the killing of an unarmed African-American teen by a police officer. Later, NewsHour's Chief Foreign Correspondent Margaret Warner joins us from northern Iraq, where… Continue watching