Mar 24 Watch 4:21 Still facing abyss of questions, what gives Malaysia confidence in its Flight 370 conclusion? By PBS News Hour After 17 days of searching for the missing airliner, Malaysian officials announced that they believe it went down in the Southern Indian Ocean and that no one survived. Michael Schmidt of The New York Times joins Judy Woodruff to discuss… Continue watching
Mar 24 Watch Malaysian government says Flight 370's final satellite ping ended over the Southern Indian Ocean By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 24 Watch News Wrap: Egyptian court issues death sentences to 529 Morsi supporters By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 24 World leaders to boycott G8 summit in Sochi By Justin Scuiletti G7 leaders met in The Hague Monday -- without Russian President Vladimir Putin -- and agreed that they intend to boycott the G8 conference in Sochi, Russia this June. Instead, the G7 will meet separately in Brussels. In a… Continue reading
Mar 24 'Live tweeting' in Turkey in protest of Twitter ban By News Desk A woman protests a country-wide ban on Twitter in the country of Turkey by writing a “physical tweet” in the city of Ankara. Turkey’s Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan banned access to the social media site on Thursday in the… Continue reading
Mar 24 529 Morsi supporters sentenced to death in Egypt By Justin Scuiletti An Egyptian court sentenced 529 supporters of ousted president Mohammed Morsi to death Monday for murdering a police officer, among other charges, in relation to an attack on a police station in August 2013. Continue reading
Mar 24 Japan to turn over large nuclear stockpile to the U.S. By Mari Yamaguchi & Julie Pace, Associated Press Japan plans to turn over to the United States more than 700 pounds of weapons grade plutonium and a supply of highly-enriched uranium, a victory for President Barack Obama's efforts to secure nuclear materials around the world. Continue reading
Mar 24 Watch Prime Minister: Flight 370 ended in the southern Indian Ocean By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 24 Malaysia Prime Minister: Flight 370 ended in the Indian Ocean By News Desk Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak announced this morning that based on new analysis of satellite data of the plane's path, flight MH370 ended in the southern Indian Ocean. "This is a remote location...far from any possible landing sites," Razak explained. Continue reading
Mar 23 Watch Turkish and Chinese Social media users bypass crackdowns By PBS News Hour Hari Sreenivasan explores the methods social media users utilize to circumvent attempts to stifle online free speech. He talks with a 16-year-old in Istanbul who is dealing with Turkey’s official ban on Twitter using a VPN, or virtual private network. Continue watching