Sep 18 Watch News Wrap: Islamic State releases propaganda video of British hostage By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Sep 18 Watch In Washington, Poroshenko appeals for U.S. aid and tougher Russia sanctions By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Sep 18 Watch How Australia is monitoring Islamic State supporters inside their borders By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Sep 18 Watch Police thwart jihadist copycat beheading plot in Australia By PBS News Hour Australian police officers raided at least a dozen homes and held six suspects in Sydney after learning of a plot to behead a random person in public. The prime minister said that an Australian who is a senior member of… Continue watching
Sep 18 U.S. to provide security assistance, but not lethal aid, to Ukraine's military By Julie Pace, Deb Riechmann, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The United States will provide $46 million in new security assistance to the Ukraine's military but stop short of fulfilling an urgent request from Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko for lethal aid to help his country fight Russian-backed separatists. Continue reading
Sep 18 The other Scottish vote -- 'Home of Golf' to admit women By Lorna Baldwin The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews in Scotland voted to admit women today, by 85 percent of those who took part in the vote. Until now, the 260-year-old club was for men only. Continue reading
Sep 18 Tracking rhinos and elephants with Maasai rangers By Jeffrey Brown Amboseli National Park in southern Kenya is a small success story in a much larger catastrophe. Rangers for the Big Life Foundation track elephants and rhinos, looking for signs of poachers and responding quickly to reports of danger, or worse,… Continue reading
Sep 18 Sierra Leone prepares for three-day shutdown to slow spread of Ebola virus By Ashira Morris The entire country of Sierra Leone will shut down for three days in an attempt to slow down the Ebola outbreak. Continue reading
Sep 18 From Golden Retrievers to 'Grand Theft Auto' -- 10 exports you didn't know were Scottish By Lorna Baldwin You might know that golf, Scotch and haggis come from Scotland, but did you know the blockbuster video game "Grand Theft Auto" does as well? As Scots go to the polls today to vote on whether to stick with the… Continue reading
Sep 17 Watch GMO debate grows over golden rice in the Philippines By PBS News Hour Vitamin A deficiency is a deadly threat to kids and pregnant mothers in the Third World. In the Philippines, the best nutrient sources are rarely part of the daily diet, so researchers have tried adding vitamin A to rice, a… Continue watching