Aug 17 Watch Kurdish forces retake key dam from Islamic State in ‘strategic victory’ By PBS News Hour In what may be considered a strategic victory, Kurdish forces recaptured the area around the Mosul Dam in northern Iraq, with the help of repeated air strikes to the area on Sunday. PBS NewsHour Foreign Correspondent Margaret Warner joins Hari… Continue watching
Aug 17 Thousands protest against ‘Anti-Occupy’ reform movement By Carey Reed The grassroots pro-democracy group "Occupy Central" is pushing for greater freedom in the 2017 elections, including the right to choose the candidates that make it onto the ballot. Continue reading
Aug 17 Kurdish forces move to retake parts of Mosul Dam By Xander Landen With the aid of U.S. airstrikes, on Sunday, Kurdish forces were able to regain partial control of the Mosul Dam which Islamic State extremists captured nearly two weeks ago. Continue reading
Aug 17 Watch Inside the growing global market of organ trafficking By PBS News Hour Nearly 4,000 people die every year in the United States waiting for a kidney transplant. And while it's illegal almost everywhere, there is a thriving global market of organ trafficking. Kevin Sack of The New York Times, who’s been investigating… Continue watching
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Aug 16 Watch New airstrikes target Islamic State fighters holding dam in northern Iraq By PBS News Hour Airstrikes hit positions near a key dam in northern Iraq, which had been recently captured by Islamic extremists, a day after the extremists -- members of the Islamic State -- are said to have massacred dozens of Yazidis. Liz Sly… Continue watching
Aug 16 Watch Amid tensions at Russia-Ukraine border, diplomats push for calm By PBS News Hour Tensions are high at the Russia-Ukraine border after reports that the Ukrainian military destroyed an armed Russian convoy. James Marson from The Wall Street Journal joins Hari Sreenivasan via Skype from Moscow for the latest on the diplomatic push for… Continue watching
Aug 15 Watch Amazing engineering and ‘bittersweet’ politics built the Panama Canal By PBS News Hour The Panama Canal, opened 100 years ago,, is lauded as an achievement for the U.S. But with the opportunity to unlock America’s economic power, came soaring costs, engineering problems and a steep death toll. Gwen Ifill talks to Orlando Pérez,… Continue watching
Aug 15 Watch Fighting, waterborne disease plague South Sudanese displaced during rainy season By PBS News Hour Eight months of civil war in South Sudan has forced more than 1.5 million people out of their homes. Even those who found shelter in United Nations camps around the country endure desperate living situations, made worse by the country’s… Continue watching
Aug 15 Watch Triumph of 100-year-old Panama Canal came with dangerous costs By PBS News Hour A century ago, the Panama Canal -- an enormous engineering feat that grew American commerce and transformed global trade -- was completed. But the waterway’s history is complicated, filled with its share of fatalities and political tensions. Gwen Ifill looks… Continue watching