Jun 19 Kerry dismisses Cheney’s criticism of U.S. policy in Iraq By Associated Press Kerry noted the failure of the United States to secure a continuing military arrangement with Iraq's government after U.S. combat forces left. "We didn't have operational theater capacity at the time" of the surge in violence spawned by al-Qaida-inspired Islamic… Continue reading
Jun 18 Watch News Wrap: Libya demands U.S. hand over captured Benghazi attack suspect By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jun 18 Watch ISIL attacks Iraq’s main oil refinery By PBS News Hour Sunni militants forced their way into Iraq’s biggest oil refinery as they continued their push south toward Baghdad. But the Iraqi army says it has driven off the Islamist-led insurgents attacking the Baiji complex, and that 40 attackers have been… Continue watching
Jun 18 Watch Sens. Kaine and McCain debate U.S. exit from Iraq, prerequisites for new military response By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jun 18 U.S. arrests 89-year-old Auschwitz guard in Philadelphia By Saskia de Melker Johann Breyer, a retired tool maker in Philadelphia, is in custody after being accused of accessory to murder as a Nazi guard at Auschwitz and Buchenwald during World War II. Continue reading
Jun 18 New Zealand government plans to open endangered dolphins sanctuary for oil drilling By Robert Pursell Critics are worried that New Zealand’s decision to drill for oil in protected marine reserves could spell disaster for the world’s rarest marine mammal, the Maui’s dolphin… Continue reading
Jun 18 U.S. prepares for trial of captured Benghazi attack suspect By Nancy Benac, Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The capture of an alleged leader of the deadly 2012 attacks on Americans in Benghazi, Libya, gave U.S. officials a rare moment of good news. Now, they are preparing to try the captured Libyan in the U.S. court… Continue reading
Jun 18 CIA facing gaps in Iraq as it hunts for militants By Julie Pace, Associated Press The CIA and other spy agencies are scrambling to close intelligence gaps as they seek ways to support possible military or covert action against the leaders of the al-Qaida-inspired militant group that has seized parts of Iraq and threatens Baghdad's… Continue reading
Jun 17 Watch What Iraq’s violent sectarian split means for its neighbors By PBS News Hour The insurgency by Sunni militants in Iraq, known as ISIL or ISIS, adds conflict to an already volatile region. Gwen Ifill talks to Hisham Melhem of Al Arabiya News and Mary-Jane Deeb of the Library of Congress about the failure… Continue watching
Jun 17 Watch Can Obama’s Pacific Ocean sanctuary plan balance environmental and economic interests? By PBS News Hour President Obama launched a plan to create the world's largest marine preserve by adding to the existing national monument in the Central Pacific. Drilling, fishing and other activities would be off limits. Joshua Reichert of the Pew Charitable Trusts and… Continue watching