Jan 11 White House plans conference to counter violent extremism By Associated Press The White House plans a conference next month on efforts to counter violent extremism - in light of this past week's shootings in France, and earlier attacks in Canada and Australia. Continue reading
Jan 11 Child suicide bombers kill more than 20 in two Nigerian market blasts By Andrew Mach Two young girls strapped with explosives in northeast Nigeria blew themselves up Sunday, killing three other people in the second apparent attack in two days using child suicide bombers. Continue reading
Jan 11 Sea of demonstrators march for unity in Paris By Elisabeth Ponsot, Carey Reed Over one million people poured into the streets of Paris on Sunday in a march to honor the victims of three days of violence which began with the massacre of 12 people at the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo on Wednesday. Continue reading
Jan 11 Kerry pushes for rapid expansion of US trade with India By Matthew Lee, Associated Press U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday called for a rapid expansion of U.S.-India trade and commercial ties as he attended an international investment conference ahead of visit by President Barack Obama later this month. Continue reading
Jan 11 Attorney General Holder: Group responsible for Paris attacks still unknown By Associated Press Attorney General Eric Holder says investigators at this point don't have "any credible information" to determine which terrorist group was responsible for the attacks in Paris. Continue reading
Jan 10 Watch 25:21 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Jan. 10, 2015 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Saturday, Jan. 10, the latest on the investigation into this week's terror attacks in France and what those mean for the country's nearly 500,000 Jewish citizens, and the former Deputy Director for the CIA weighs in… Continue watching
Jan 10 Watch 7:42 What dangers could terror threats abroad pose to the US? By PBS News Hour John McLaughlin, a former deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency, joins Hari Sreenivasan from Washington for more on what the overseas terror threats could mean for life in the United States. Continue watching
Jan 10 Watch 3:05 'Sense of siege': French citizens on edge after Paris attacks By PBS News Hour In the aftermath of this week's terrorist attacks in Paris, people remain on edge, despite many marches and gatherings of solidarity throughout the country. Rachel Donadio of the New York Times joins Hari Sreenivasan via Skype from Paris to gauge… Continue watching
Jan 10 Pencils raised from Barcelona to Nantes in solidarity with Paris victims By Elisabeth Ponsot Hundreds of thousands of people rallied across France on Saturday to decry the terror attacks that left 17 dead over three days of violence, which began with an assault on the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo on Wednesday. Continue reading
Jan 10 Tens of thousands rally in Dresden against racism, xenophobia By Andrew Mach Around 35,000 people turned out to rally on Saturday in the eastern German city of Dresden against an anti-Islamic movement and in remembrance of the recent terrorist attacks in France. Continue reading