Oct 22 Watch Saudi perception of U.S. inaction in Syria strains historically close relations America's approach to the Syrian war is one of the factors contributing to a rift in U.S.-Saudi relations, a divide that became public recently when Saudi Arabia declined membership on the UN Security Council. Jeffrey Brown reports on why Saudi… Continue watching
Oct 22 Watch News Wrap: Syrian opposition forces demand Assad be excluded from new government In our news wrap Tuesday, efforts to begin Syrian peace talks were obstructed by conditions laid down by the Western-backed Syrian National Coalition, including that President Bashar al-Assad must be excluded from any new government. Also, the Southeast Asian nation… Continue watching
Oct 21 What giving birth to a tropical depression looks like .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%; } The thirteenth tropical depression of… Continue reading
Oct 21 The smog in this giant Chinese city is so bad, it shut everything down A man stands next to an airplane amid heavy smog in Harbin, the capital of China's northeast Heilongjiang province. Photo by AFP/Getty Images Heavy smog blanketed the China's northern city of Harbin on Monday with air pollution measuring… Continue reading
Oct 19 Watch Calls grow for Syrian conflict talks in Geneva Andrew Tabler of the Program for Arab Politics at the Washington Institute on Syria. Continue watching
Oct 18 Watch News Wrap: Saudi Arabia rebukes UN Security Council over Syrian conflict News Wrap: Saudi Arabia rebukes UN Security Council over Syrian conflict… Continue watching
Oct 16 Watch What parameters and ‘thorny issues’ are guiding nuclear talks with Iran? What parameters and 'thorny issues' are guiding nuclear talks with Iran?… Continue watching
Oct 16 Watch Italy’s PM Letta: ‘American leadership is needed’ for Europe’s economic growth Italy's PM Letta: 'American leadership is needed' for Europe's economic growth… Continue watching
Oct 16 Watch No breakthroughs, but ‘substantive’ talks begin over Iran’s nuclear interests Though diplomats offered few details, talks in Geneva over Iran's nuclear programs were described as "substantive" and "forward-looking," giving negotiators the opportunity to discuss questions and clarify their positions in greater depth than before. Ray Suarez reports. Continue watching
Oct 15 Al-Libi pleads not guilty to 1998 terrorism charges Abdullah al-Raghie (L), and Nabih al-Raghie, the son and brother respectively, of al-Qaeda suspect Abu Anas al-Libi speak to the press near Tripoli, Libya following the kidnapping of Libi by U.S. special forces earlier in the morning. Photo by… Continue reading