Mar 24 529 Morsi supporters sentenced to death in Egypt By Justin Scuiletti An Egyptian court sentenced 529 supporters of ousted president Mohammed Morsi to death Monday for murdering a police officer, among other charges, in relation to an attack on a police station in August 2013. Continue reading
Mar 24 Japan to turn over large nuclear stockpile to the U.S. By Mari Yamaguchi & Julie Pace, Associated Press Japan plans to turn over to the United States more than 700 pounds of weapons grade plutonium and a supply of highly-enriched uranium, a victory for President Barack Obama's efforts to secure nuclear materials around the world. Continue reading
Mar 24 Watch Prime Minister: Flight 370 ended in the southern Indian Ocean By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 24 Malaysia Prime Minister: Flight 370 ended in the Indian Ocean By News Desk Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak announced this morning that based on new analysis of satellite data of the plane's path, flight MH370 ended in the southern Indian Ocean. "This is a remote location...far from any possible landing sites," Razak explained. Continue reading
Mar 23 Watch Turkish and Chinese Social media users bypass crackdowns By PBS News Hour Hari Sreenivasan explores the methods social media users utilize to circumvent attempts to stifle online free speech. He talks with a 16-year-old in Istanbul who is dealing with Turkey’s official ban on Twitter using a VPN, or virtual private network. Continue watching
Mar 23 Watch New York Times report: Pakistani officials knew about bin Laden’s whereabouts By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 23 Ebola virus detected in Guinea fever outbreak By Kayla Ruble The Ebola virus was detected in samples of a viral hemorrhagic fever that has killed more than 50 people in the West African nation of Guinea marking the first human outbreak of Ebola in the country, according to government officials… Continue reading
Mar 23 Obama aide: ‘Possible’ Russia could enter Ukraine By Associated Press WASHINGTON — A top White House aide says it’s possible that Russia could invade eastern Ukraine, and even U.S. military assistance would be unlikely to prevent it. Deputy national security adviser Tony Blinken says Russia seems to be trying intimidate… Continue reading
Mar 23 Three dead after day of demonstrations in Venezuela By Kayla Ruble Three people died from gunshot wounds in Venezuela on Saturday after a day of protests from both the opposition and government supporters, bringing the death toll to 34 after five weeks of heated protests against the socialist government of Venezuelan… Continue reading
Mar 22 Circumventing the Turkish Twitter crackdown By Hari Sreenivasan After the government in Turkey attempted to ban Twitter on Friday, social media savvy youth in the country almost immediately found ways around the block. Continue reading