Aug 31 Trapped UN peacekeepers escape Islamist militants in Golan Heights By Carey Reed 40 United Nations peacekeepers from the Philippines escaped overnight after being surrounded since Thursday by Islamic militants in southern Syria, Reuters reports. Continue reading
Aug 31 In early Cold War years, U.S. prepped for possible invasion of Alaska By Robert Burns, Associated Press Fearing a Russian invasion and occupation of Alaska, the U.S. government in the early Cold War years recruited and trained fishermen, bush pilots, trappers and other private citizens across Alaska for a covert network to feed wartime intelligence to the… Continue reading
Aug 30 U.S. airstrikes target Islamic State near Mosul Dam By Associated Press In a statement issued Saturday, U.S. Central Command says the five latest U.S. airstrikes were in support of operations conducted by Iraqi security forces. Continue reading
Aug 30 Watch PBS NewsHour full episode Aug. 30, 2014 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Saturday, Aug. 30, a promising new treatment for heart failure. The European Union weighs additional sanctions against Russia for its actions in Ukraine. And, a look at how the Islamic State is using social media to… Continue watching
Aug 30 Watch Sanctions 'only pressure point the West has' in Ukraine-Russia crisis By PBS News Hour For more perspective about what options the United States and its Western allies have to deal with the Russian military intervention in Ukraine, Nicholas Burns joins Hari Sreenivasan via Skype from Massachusetts. Burns is a former Under Secretary of State… Continue watching
Aug 30 Watch Ukraine military facing 'overwhelming odds' as incursions continue By PBS News Hour For the latest on the ongoing crisis in Ukraine, Alan Cullison of the Wall Street Journal joins Hari Sreenivasan via Skype from Kiev. Continue watching
Aug 30 Watch The duality and mission of ISIS on social media By PBS News Hour The Islamic State has entered into the global consciousness for multiple reasons. Partly for the savagery it is willing to commit and also because of the savvy the group displays in spreading its message. For more analysis, Hari Sreenivasan speaks… Continue watching
Aug 30 On Day of the Disappeared, world remembers those who've gone missing By Carey Reed There are millions of reported cases of missing persons from armed conflict and human rights abuses, according to the International Commission on Missing Persons. Every year, thousands of people go missing due to disasters, human trafficking, organized crime and other… Continue reading
Aug 29 Watch Shields and Brooks on Islamic State as 'cancer,' Crist's campaign By PBS News Hour Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Hari Sreenivasan to discuss the week’s top news, including the threat of the Islamic State, the struggle to unify allies in the Mideast, the prospects of immigration reform… Continue watching
Aug 29 Watch Oxfam: Syrian neighbors can't absorb growing refugee crisis alone By PBS News Hour Over 3 million Syrians have fled the country as refugees since the conflict began in March 2011, going to Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey and Iraq. And, according to aid workers, it’s getting worse. Jeffrey Brown speaks with Paul O’Brien of Oxfam… Continue watching