Oct 30 Fiery bus crash kills dozens in India .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 2.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } A bus that crashed on… Continue reading
Oct 29 Watch News Wrap: Russia dumps illegal waste near Sochi, site of Winter Olympics In our news wrap Tuesday, Russian contractors have been burying construction waste outside Sochi, despite a no waste pledge by the government for the Winter Olympics. The illegal dumping may taint the water supply for the games. Also, Beijing police… Continue watching
Oct 28 Watch Uproar over U.S. surveillance scope raises question of what spying is acceptable Uproar over U.S. surveillance scope raises question of what spying is acceptable… Continue watching
Oct 28 Update: State Dept. says reports of explosion in Yemen are inaccurate Updated 6:25 p.m. EDT: The Associated Press reported earlier Monday that an explosion and gunfire was heard near the U.S. Embassy in Yemen's capital of Sanaa. Mohammed al-Mawri, an official at the Yemeni Interior Minister's office said the believed explosion… Continue reading
Oct 28 Cameron warns UK media to stop publishing leaked documents that threaten British security Photo by Ben StansallAFP/Getty Images "If (newspapers) don't demonstrate some social responsibility it will be very difficult for government to stand back and not to act." British Prime Minister David Cameron addressed the House of Commons in… Continue reading
Oct 28 U.S. officials deny reports that Obama knew about NSA spying in Germany Photo by Pete Souza/White House German tabloid Bild am Sonntag, citing unnamed intelligence sources, reported Sunday that President Barack Obama knew U.S. intelligence agents were eavesdropping on German Chancellor Angela Merkel's mobile phone in 2010 and allowed… Continue reading
Oct 27 Saudi women drivers face uncertain future .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 2.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } Women fighting for the right… Continue reading
Oct 27 Reports of Saudi female drivers detained; one woman shares her experience Madeha Al Ajroush, women's rights activist, holding a toy car in a shopping mall in Riyadh. Courtesy: Madeha Al Ajroush Women protesting a ban on driving in Saudi Arabia took to the streets on Oct. 26 -- and some… Continue reading
Oct 26 Watch What does piracy off Nigeria mean for global business? Hari Sreenivasan speaks with maritime risk consultant Michael Frodl about the recent capture of two Americans off of the coast of Nigeria by armed pirates, and what economic and political implications a rescue could entail. Continue watching
Oct 26 Watch Saudi women take to the road Women in Saudi Arabia stood up to authorities Saturday by breaking a ban on driving. The rule stems from conservative religious customs and isn't written in law -- but that hasn't stopped police from arresting women who get behind the… Continue watching