May 29 Watch Rwanda rebuilds after genocide with focus on community health care By PBS News Hour Continue watching
May 29 Watch Kerry defends Obama foreign policy, vows not to give up on Middle East peace By PBS News Hour Continue watching
May 29 Watch News Wrap: Pro-Russian rebels shoot down Ukrainian military helicopter By PBS News Hour Continue watching
May 29 John F. Kerry: In search of credit in a complicated world By Gwen Ifill When you have an interview with the Secretary of State, there is almost too much to get to -- Syria, Iran, Russia, Ukraine, Nigeria, Sudan, Israel and the Palestinian territories, Edward Snowden. But what John Kerry wanted to talk about… Continue reading
May 29 Kerry: Snowden should come home and deal with the consequences By News Desk Secretary of State John Kerry said on Thursday that former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden should return to the United States to face the consequences of leaking classified documents about the NSA’s secret surveillance programs. Continue reading
May 29 Kerry says Nigerian offensive to rescue schoolgirls ‘risky’ By Justin Kenny Secretary of State John Kerry warned that a Nigerian offensive to go after Boko Haram and attempt to free 219 kidnapped schoolgirls “could be very risky.”… Continue reading
May 29 CIA drone strike program targeting Pakistan winds down By Ken Dilanian, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Just after midnight last Christmas, Pakistani officials say, two Hellfire missiles from a U.S. drone slammed into a house in Miramshah, Pakistan, killing four militants. It was an otherwise unremarkable episode in the sixth year of a relentless… Continue reading
May 28 Watch Healing wounds of Rwanda’s genocide by reconciling survivor and perpetrator By PBS News Hour Twenty years after nearly a million Tutsis were killed the genocide in Rwanda, many Hutus — who were driven out in retribution — are returning to their communities. To facilitate the integration, many small groups are bringing rapprochement between pairs… Continue watching
May 28 Why doesn’t anyone want to host the Winter Olympics? By Robert Pursell The next Olympics to be awarded is the 2022 Winter Games. But unlike bids of the past, these games might not go to the highest bidding city, but rather, the last one standing. The city of Krakow, Poland, withdrew… Continue reading
May 28 Watch Is low voter turnout in Egypt enough to legitimize al-Sisi’s takeover? By PBS News Hour The head of Egypt’s military-led government, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, is on course for a large presidential victory, according to preliminary election results. But despite the addition of a third polling day, many Egyptians never showed up to the polls. Borzou… Continue watching