Apr 15 Watch In Ukraine, will a propaganda war turn into civil war? By PBS News Hour Gwen Ifill talks to Independent Television News correspondent Lindsey Hilsum, who reports from the ground in Eastern Ukraine on the special operation launched by military forces against pro-Russian separatists. They also discuss how Russian and Ukrainian media may be helping… Continue watching
Apr 15 Watch News Wrap: Militants kidnap more than 100 female students in Nigeria By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Apr 15 Watch Ukraine recaptures eastern airport, but still faces confrontation with separatists By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Apr 15 Little will for American involvement in Ukraine By Domenico Montanaro There is little American political will for strong U.S. intervention in Ukraine, a new poll finds. While a majority, 55 percent, say the situation in Ukraine is key to U.S. national interests, 50 percent of Americans don’t think the U.S. Continue reading
Apr 15 U.S. considers targeting Russia’s ‘Darth Vader’ in new round of sanctions By Willis Raburu As tensions mount over the prospect of further Russian interference in eastern Ukraine, "the White House is preparing a new list of targets to incur sanctions," the New York Times reported Monday. Among them is Igor Sechin, a longtime… Continue reading
Apr 15 Ukrainian military recaptures eastern airport By Ariel Min In Ukraine's first military action against pro-Russian uprisings in the east, army troops have regained control over a small airport near Kramatorsk in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday, according to Ukraine’s acting president Oleksandr Turchynov. Continue reading
Apr 15 More than 100 girls abducted in attack of northeastern Nigerian town By Ellen Rolfes Gunmen kidnapped more than 100 female students Monday night in the eastern town of Chibok, Nigeria. Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram is suspected to be behind the attacks. Audu Musa, a public teacher in the area confirmed the attack… Continue reading
Apr 14 Watch Robot submersible takes technology to the bottom of the ocean in search of Flight 370 By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Apr 14 Watch Examining the campaign of pro-Russian fervor in Eastern Ukraine By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Apr 14 Watch Inside Myanmar’s transition from isolation to openness By PBS News Hour Myanmar, rocked by civil strife, has been kept isolated from the world for more than half a century. In recent years, however, the government has been proposing democratic reform and peace treaties with ethnic groups, prompting the U.S. to lift… Continue watching