Sep 29 Watch Racing to save Kenya's wild elephants from poachers By PBS News Hour For the African elephant, poaching has reached crisis levels, according to some advocates. Killed for their magnificent ivory tusks, activists worry that wild elephants could near extinction in a decade. Jeffrey Brown reports from Amboseli National Park in Kenya about… Continue watching
Sep 29 Watch How the U.S. missed warning signs about the Islamic State By PBS News Hour President Obama acknowledged that the intelligence community underestimated the force of the Islamic State militants and overestimated the will of Iraq’s military. Frederick Kagan of the American Enterprise Institute joins Judy Woodruff to offer his perspective on what the intelligence… Continue watching
Sep 29 Watch Demonstrating for democracy in Hong Kong By PBS News Hour Hundreds of thousands of protesters filled the streets of Hong Kong to demand more democracy and oppose interference by Beijing in local politics. Lucy Watson of Independent Television News reports. Continue watching
Sep 29 Watch News Wrap: Kabul suicide attack darkens Afghan presidential inauguration By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Sep 29 Demonstrators coordinate using social media as Hong Kong protests swell By Larisa Epatko, Nora Daly Wide-scale protests continued for another night in Hong Kong in response to the Chinese government’s decision to vet candidates in Hong Kong’s 2017 elections. Continue reading
Sep 29 Justice Department wants Guantanamo hearing on force feeding closed By Associated Press The prisoner has gone on a hunger strike and is protesting force feeding administered by his jailers. The Justice Department argues in a court filing that an open hearing risks unauthorized disclosure of classified information. Continue reading
Sep 28 NYC protest shows solidarity with Hong Kong pro-democracy movement By Long Li, Carey Reed More than 50 people gathered in the Chinatown section of Manhattan on Sunday in solidarity with the pro-democracy protest in Hong Kong that is being described as the worst unrest seen in the region since China took control from Britain… Continue reading
Sep 28 Watch PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Sept. 28, 2014 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Sunday, Sept. 28, House Speaker John Boehner says America might have no choice but to send ground troops to fight ISIS. Later, India's new prime minister is in the United States -- what's next for U.S.-India… Continue watching
Sep 28 Watch How will Narendra Modi usher in India's new 'age of achievement'? By PBS News Hour On Sunday, thousands attended a speech in New York City by new Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who declared that India is entering a new age of achievement. Alyssa Ayres of the Council on Foreign Relations joins Alison Stewart to… Continue watching
Sep 28 Will Serbia's gay pride march help it get into the EU? By Rialda Zukic Hundreds turned out for the first gay pride march held in four years in Belgrade, Serbia, on Sunday. The event was meant to be a show of tolerance for Serbia, a historically conservative nation, as it continues to seek admittance… Continue reading