Oct 05 Pope Francis to bishops, cardinals: Work with 'humble creativity' By Rialda Zukic Pope Francis has called for a more humble approach on the Catholic Church's handling of matters such as divorce, pre-marital sex and contraception. Continue reading
Oct 05 Watch The War on ISIS: Where in the Middle East is the Islamic State making gains? By PBS News Hour Islamic State jihadists made several gains in cities throughout the Middle East over the past week and was met with powerful resistance in others. To try to make sense of what’s occurring on the battlefield in Syria and Iraq, former… Continue watching
Oct 05 Watch Before ISIS: A history of beheadings to terrify, punish By PBS News Hour ISIS' release of yet another videotape showing the beheading of a western hostage has once again drawn international condemnation and refocused attention on the very practice. In fact, beheadings date back to ancient times, and today, they are hardly limited… Continue watching
Oct 04 Former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude 'Baby Doc' Duvalier dies By Andrew Mach Former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier died of a heart attack on Saturday, his lawyer said. He was 63. Continue reading
Oct 04 Watch Photographers use Instagram to paint more complete picture of life in Africa By PBS News Hour Instead of focusing on only hardships, a group of photographers living and working in Africa have started an Instagram campaign to show the rest of the world what life in Africa is really like. Saskia de Melker reports. Continue watching
Oct 04 U.S.: Militants use beheadings to make up for losses By Lara Jakes, Associated Press Within days of a military defeat, the group would release images of more beheadings - at least nine over six weeks - of Western journalists, aid workers and Muslim soldiers. The tactic signals that even as the Islamic State group… Continue reading
Oct 04 Catalans want independence vote from Spain, but will it happen? By Carey Reed Roughly 800 Catalan mayors joined the president of the northeastern region of Spain Saturday in support of a vote for independence from Spain set for Nov. 9. But the vote has been blocked by the Spanish Constitutional Court. Continue reading
Oct 03 Watch Shields and Brooks on Secret Service failures, Ebola readiness By PBS News Hour Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s news, including U.S. preparedness for containing the Ebola virus, good news for job growth and the economy, plus the resignation of the… Continue watching
Oct 03 Watch Why is Turkey reluctant to fight the Islamic State? By PBS News Hour Islamic State militants continue to advance along the Syria-Turkey border, despite ongoing U.S. airstrikes supported by regional allies. Judy Woodruff sits down with chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Warner for more on Turkey’s complicated relationships to the Syrian conflict, its… Continue watching