Apr 07 Hagel is first foreigner to tour China’s new aircraft carrier By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel got a rare tour Monday of China's first aircraft carrier, becoming the first foreign visitor to go aboard the ship, according to Chinese leaders. Continue reading
Apr 06 Hagel delivers destroyers to Japan and a strong warning to North Korea and China By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press TOKYO -- U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel delivered a two-pronged warning to Asia Pacific nations Sunday, announcing that the U.S. will send two additional ballistic missile destroyers to Japan to counter the North Korean threat, and saying China must better… Continue reading
Apr 06 Watch Boomtowns spur economic growth in Mexico By PBS News Hour Mexico is now the third biggest trading partner of the United States. But with poverty afflicting half of the country's 120 million people, the country faces an uphill battle toward future prosperity. Correspondent Martin Fletcher reports from Querétaro.… Continue watching
Apr 05 Watch Voters head to the polls in Afghanistan By PBS News Hour Millions of voters came out for the presidential elections in Afghanistan on Saturday in the country’s first democratic transfer of power since the Taliban were ousted from power. The scene varied throughout the country with violence reported in some areas… Continue watching
Apr 05 Voters overwhelm polling stations in Afghanistan By Kayla Ruble The voting in Afghanistan represented the country's first democratic transfer of power since the Taliban was removed from power more than a decade ago. Continue reading
Apr 05 Chinese ship detects underwater ping while searching for MH370 By Elisabeth Ponsot A Chinese ship searching for missing Malaysia Airlines flight 370 reportedly heard a “pulse signal” Saturday in the southern Indian Ocean. Continue reading
Apr 04 Watch Remembering AP photojournalist Niedringhaus, who found grace in the face of war By PBS News Hour Veteran AP journalists Anja Niedringhaus and Kathy Gannon were traveling with election workers, soldiers and police in Khost province in Afghanistan when a police commander approached and shot them. Niedringhaus, a Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer, was killed and Gannon was hospitalized. Continue watching
Apr 04 Watch Banished or battered at home, Afghan women share stories of surviving abuse By PBS News Hour Despite some progress in the treatment of Afghan women since the 2001 fall of the Taliban, there are thousands of females accused of so-called moral crimes who have been jailed or have fled to safe houses in fear of their… Continue watching
Apr 04 Judge dismisses lawsuit over Yemen drone strikes on 3 U.S. citizens By Pete Yost, Associated Press A federal judge on Friday dismissed a lawsuit against Obama administration officials for the 2011 drone-strike killings of three U.S. citizens in Yemen, including an al-Qaida cleric. Continue reading
Apr 04 Death toll rises in Africa Ebola outbreak By Sam Lane The deadly Ebola outbreak in Western Africa has now killed more than 80 people, according to the World Health Organization. Continue reading