Mar 23 U.S. and Afghan leaders working to launch new postwar relationship By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press CAMP DAVID, Maryland — U.S. and Afghan leaders laid the groundwork Monday for new relations between the two countries linked for years as war partners, including plans to seek American funding to maintain an Afghan security force of 352,000 and… Continue reading
Mar 23 Remembering Lee Kuan Yew, an autocrat who created a successful modern nation By Michael D. Mosettig For Lee Kuan Yew, lifting the tiny nation-state of Singapore into a world-class city took single minded, even ruthless determination and a deep involvement of the state in the smallest matters. The result is a multi-ethnic population able to educate… Continue reading
Mar 22 Watch 25:18 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode March 22, 2015 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Sunday, March 22, 2015, a new Islamic State threat against American military personnel and their families draws attention, the fallout from an order for the Pentagon to release potentially inflammatory photographs documenting the abuse of detainees… Continue watching
Mar 22 Study finds growing use of antibiotics in livestock across globe By Rebecca Lee In 2010, farmers across the globe used more than 63, 000 tons of antibiotics annually, the study estimated. Continue reading
Mar 22 Watch 3:25 What do gains made by France's far right party mean for the country? By PBS News Hour On Sunday, voting in local elections took place throughout France, and while Ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy's conservative UMP pulled ahead, the country's far right National Front Party led by Marine Le Pen made major gains by garnering a large number of… Continue watching
Mar 22 CIA director: Iranian general 'complicating' US efforts in Iraq By Associated Press The leader of Iran's elite Quds Force is contributing to instability in Iraq and complicating the U.S. mission against terrorism with his command of some of the Iraqi forces battling Islamic State militants, the director of the Central Intelligence Agency… Continue reading
Mar 22 ISIS publishes online hit list of US service members By Daniel Costa-Roberts An online group that calls itself the Islamic State's "Hacking Division" has published profiles of 100 U.S. service members, including their names, photos and purported home addresses, encouraging its "brothers residing in America" to kill those named on the list. Continue reading
Mar 22 US withdraws remaining personnel from Yemen By Associated Press The U.S. has removed its remaining personnel from Yemen as Shiite rebels controlling the Arab nation's capital call for others to join its battle against government forces. Continue reading
Mar 22 U.S. exit from Afghanistan depends on ability of Afghan forces By Deb Riechmann, Associated Press The pace of U.S. troop withdrawals from Afghanistan will headline Afghan President Ashraf Ghani's visit to Washington, yet America's exit from the war remains tightly hinged to the abilities of the Afghan forces that face a tough fight against insurgents… Continue reading
Mar 21 Watch 25:16 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode March 21, 2015 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Saturday, March 21, 2015, the United States and Iran report new momentum in negotiations to strike a nuclear deal, a new drug shows early promise as a treatment for people with Alzheimer's, and in our signature… Continue watching