Jun 15 Watch Uganda gays face life in prison under law By PBS News Hour For gays living in Uganda, just walking outside of their homes can be dangerous. And today, long-standing prejudice has been institutionalized into law with the country’s “Anti-Homosexuality Act,” which calls for harsh sentences for gay acts. Offenders convicted of “aggravated… Continue watching
Jun 14 Watch Kurdistan remains oasis of calm amid Iraq tumult By PBS News Hour How does the fighting in Iraq impact oil exports to Europe and the United States? Matt Bradley of the Wall Street Journal joins Hari Sreenivasan via Skype from the northern Iraqi city of Erbil to discuss the fluctuations in global… Continue watching
Jun 14 Hagel orders aircraft carrier to Persian Gulf By Associated Press Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has ordered an aircraft carrier - the USS George H.W. Bush - to move from the northern Arabian Sea to the Persian Gulf as President Barack Obama considers possible military options for Iraq. Continue reading
Jun 14 Netanyahu: Terror group kidnapped three teens missing from West Bank By Elisabeth Ponsot Israeli army searches for 3 teenagers thought to have been abducted in West Bank http://t.co/vBQmLdj8In pic.twitter.com/iPoBMmfXHL— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) June 14, 2014… Continue reading
Jun 14 Honda, Toyota add vehicles to defective airbag recall By Deepashri Varadharajan Honda and Toyota have issued recalls due to problems related to airbag inflators manufactured by Takata Corp. Continue reading
Jun 13 Watch Should U.S. wait for political progress in Iraq before making a military intervention? By PBS News Hour President Obama said that he will not put U.S. forces on the ground in Iraq, but he is weighing other military options. He also pointed to problems within the Iraqi government and security forces. Judy Woodruff gets views on whether… Continue watching
Jun 13 Watch News Wrap: Former POW Bergdahl begins recovery in the U.S. By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl is now undergoing treatment at a military center in Texas. He flew there overnight from Germany, where he had been recovering after being held captive by the Taliban for five years. Also,… Continue watching
Jun 13 Watch Iraq's top Shiite cleric pleads for armed resistance against Sunni insurgents By PBS News Hour In Kirkuk, Iraq's army abandoned several vast military bases overnight, leaving behind their uniforms and vehicles and equipment they purposely destroyed before fleeing. Kurdish forces have seized the area instead, arming themselves to fight in hopes of establishing their own… Continue watching
Jun 13 68 elephants killed in the last two months at African wildlife refuge By Ariel Min Sixty-eight elephants in one of Africa’s oldest national parks – Garamba National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo – have been slaughtered in the past two months by poachers who attack with chain saws, grenades and guns, according… Continue reading