Sep 15 Watch Dozens of nations pledge to fight Islamic State 'by any means necessary' By PBS News Hour Representatives from more than two dozen countries met in Paris to strategize against Islamic State extremists, who have taken over large swaths of Iraq and Syria. France has begun reconnaissance flights to set up its own airstrikes in Iraq, but… Continue watching
Sep 15 Watch Stay U.K. or go Scot free? Scotland weighs independence By PBS News Hour Scots are poised to decide whether to stay in a 307-year union with England or strike out on their own. The latest polls show a Scottish referendum on independence could go either way. From London and the British Houses of… Continue watching
Sep 15 Watch News Wrap: Shipwrecks off Malta and Libya kill more than 700 migrants By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, more than 700 immigrants hoping to reach Europe from Africa and the Middle East were killed in two shipwrecks last week. The death toll reportedly equals all migrant deaths for the entire year of 2013. Continue watching
Sep 15 U.S. reopens embassy in Central African Republic By Associated Press The State Department says it's reopening the U.S. Embassy in the Central African Republic. Operations had been suspended since December 2012 because of sectarian violence. Continue reading
Sep 15 India plus China: Lots of people, but less love By Michael D. Mosettig It's not often that two politicians can get together and claim to speak for more than a quarter of the world's 7.2 billion people. That's what will happen when President Xi Jinping of China and Prime Minister of Narendra Modi… Continue reading
Sep 14 Watch PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Sept. 14, 2014 By PBS News Hour On this edition of NewsHour Weekend for Sunday, Sept. 14, 2014, British Prime Minister David Cameron says he will make Islamic State militants pay for the beheading of aid worker David Haines. Later, why are so few of America's top… Continue watching
Sep 14 Watch Tactic of terror: What's behind the gruesome strategy of the Islamic State? By PBS News Hour Another video portraying the beheading of a foreign hostage was released Saturday by the Islamic State. What's behind this gruesome strategy? Tom Sanderson from the Center for Strategic and International Studies joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss the issue. Continue watching
Sep 14 Watch What impact will Russian sanctions have on the global energy market? By PBS News Hour The European Union and the United States imposed new sanctions against Russia on Friday because of Russia's involvement in the conflict in Eastern Ukraine. What impact will these sanctions have on the global energy market? For more, Jason Bordoff, founding… Continue watching
Sep 14 Merkel: Germans must take stand against anti-Semitism By Rialda Zukic German Chancellor Angela Merkel took to the Berlin streets Sunday to promote peace and tolerance in the country. Continue reading