Jan 20 Watch How does political uncertainty affect Afghanistan security? By Gwen Ifill An American soldier died in a Taliban attack at a military base, which came on the heels of a suicide bombing at a Kabul restaurant that killed 21 civilians. Gwen Ifill talks to Pamela Constable of The Washington Post and… Continue watching
Jan 20 Watch The conflict in Syria through the eyes of a young poet By PBS News Hour Instead of weapons, Amal Kassir uses words to fight. An 18-year-old Syrian-American activist, Kassir grew up in Syria, but now lives in the United States, where she performs slam poetry to bring attention to the suffering in the Middle East. Continue watching
Jan 20 Watch World powers dispute on Iran attending Syrian peace talks By PBS News Hour, Gwen Ifill Ahead of a gathering of world powers in Geneva to negotiate an end to Syria's civil war, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon extended an offer for Iran to attend the talks. But when that country rejected a condition of attendance, the… Continue watching
Jan 20 Watch News Wrap: Iran unplugs centrifuges, U.S. begin nuclear deal By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, to begin the interim nuclear deal, Iran unplugged banks of centrifuges used to enrich uranium to high levels. In exchange, the U.S. and European Union announced easing of economic sanctions. Also, a wave of bombings… Continue watching
Jan 20 U.S. supports UN decision to uninvite Iran from Syrian peace talks By Associated Press WASHINGTON -- The United States on Monday welcomed U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon's decision to rescind his invitation to Iran to attend an international conference on Syria this week, saying it hoped the move would refocus attention on the goals of… Continue reading
Jan 20 Cardinal claims homosexuality is a defect, 'like high blood pressure' By News Desk Pope Francis has gained high approval ratings amongst Catholics and non-Catholics worldwide for his humility and moderately progressive views. However, recent remarks by Archbishop Fernando Sebastian Aguilar calling homosexuality a "defect," stand in contrast the pontiff's views. Photo by… Continue reading
Jan 20 Poco progress in Mexico drug war By Michael D. Mosettig If any one place symbolizes the continuing frustration facing the Mexican government dealing with drug gangs, it is Michoacan, a western state of 4.3 million, which might have suffered as many as 1,000 homicides in the past year. Continue reading
Jan 20 More than 200 million people were unemployed in the world in 2013 By Simone Pathe Worldwide, the number of unemployed people rose by 5 million in 2013 to 202 million, according to the International Labor Organization's Global Employment Trends report. Continue reading
Jan 20 UPDATE: Iran halts highly-enriched uranium production, EU and U.S. to drop some sanctions By News Desk The United States announced it will halt some sanctions on Iran. BREAKING: U.S. suspending some sanctions in response to Iran's downgrading of nuclear program. — The Associated Press (@AP) January 20, 2014 Early this… Continue reading
Jan 20 UPDATE: Iran hasn't met criteria to join Syria peace talks, say U.S. officials By Associated Press The Wall Street Journal reports the U.S. expects the UN to revoke their invitation to Iran to attend the Syria peace talks in Geneva. Breaking: U.S. expects U.N. to "rescind" invitation to Iran on Syria talks. Continue reading