Jun 29 North Korea fires two missiles off coast By Kayla Ruble Despite a United Nations ban on weapons testing in North Korea, the country fired two short-range missiles into the water off of its eastern coast, according to a South Korean Defense Ministry official on Sunday. Continue reading
Jun 28 Watch 25:32 Saturday, June 28, 2014 By PBS News Hour On tonight’s program, the suspect in the Benghazi embassy attack is brought to the United States. Later, we investigate whether brand name drug companies are paying to keep lower-cost generic drugs off the market. And, a look at art once… Continue watching
Jun 28 Watch Two months later, search for missing Nigerian schoolgirls continues By PBS News Hour More than two months after their capture, the search continues for more than 200 girls kidnapped by extremists in Nigeria. New reports suggest search efforts are being scaled back, despite more kidnappings. Hari Sreenivasan speaks with Michelle Faul, the Associated… Continue watching
Jun 28 Libyan militant accused in Benghazi attacks pleads not guilty By Associated Press A grand jury indictment says Abu Khattala took part in a conspiracy to provide material support and resources to terrorists in the 2012 attacks that killed U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans. Continue reading
Jun 27 Watch Trade deal locks Poroshenko and Russia in standoff By PBS News Hour In a move that angered Moscow, Ukraine’s new leader signed a trade deal to bring his country closer to Europe. Jeffrey Brown talks to Matthew Rojansky of the Wilson Center and Nikolas Gvosdev of the U.S. Naval War College about… Continue watching
Jun 27 Watch Ukraine signs EU trade pact over Russian objections By PBS News Hour Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko traveled to Brussels to sign the trade agreement that sparked the crisis in Ukraine late last year. His Kremlin-backed predecessor had balked at further integrating with Europe, and move away from Russia. In Washington, a State… Continue watching
Jun 27 Watch Unease in Baghdad grows amid echoes of past sectarian strife By PBS News Hour The U.S. is now flying armed drones over Baghdad to protect U.S. civilians and military forces in the Iraqi capital, the Pentagon confirmed. Also, Human Rights Watch released a report alleging that ISIL conducted mass executions of more than 160… Continue watching
Jun 27 Watch Will an alternative to prime minister Maliki emerge in Iraq? By PBS News Hour Iraq’s top Shiite cleric ramped up pressure on politicians to agree on the nation’s next prime minister by Tuesday. Iraq’s current prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, continues to lose the confidence of former allies in the fight against ISIL insurgents. Judy… Continue watching
Jun 27 Watch News Wrap: Moderate Syrian opposition renews plea for U.S. help By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, the head of Syria’s moderate opposition, Ahmad al-Jarba, met with Secretary of State John Kerry in Saudi Arabia. The White House called for $500 million to aid his forces. Also, in Afghanistan, thousands filled the… Continue watching
Jun 27 U.S. flying armed drones over Baghdad, Pentagon says By Associated Press WASHINGTON — The U.S. has armed drones flying over Baghdad to protect U.S. troops that recently arrived to assess Iraq's deteriorating security, the Pentagon said Friday. The military for more than a week has been flying manned and unmanned aircraft… Continue reading