Aug 19 Is a Fractured Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt's Future? By News Desk Bernard Haykel, Professor of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University, joins Hari Sreenivasan to examine the continuing unrest in Egypt. Professor Haykel, an expert on regional politics and culture, stresses that Egypt's influence over its neighbors should not… Continue reading
Aug 19 Coptic Christians make an 'easy target' in Egypt's unrest By Larisa Epatko While thousands of Egyptians in Cairo rejoiced over President Mohammed Morsi's overthrow in July, others were concerned about possible reprisals against the country's minority Coptic Christians. Continue reading
Aug 19 Watch Egyptian Court Says Former Leader Mubarak May Be Released From Prison More than a month after President Morsi was ousted by the military, an Egyptian court ruled that it no longer had grounds to hold Hosni Mubarak, the former Egyptian leader who was detained in 2011 on charges of corruption. Jeffrey… Continue watching
Aug 18 The Long-Term Significance of the Muslim Brotherhood EmbedVideo(7179, 482, 304); Editor's note | Starting Sept. 7, the PBS NewsHour is expanding its family, adding a "PBS NewsHour Weekend" newscast on Saturdays and Sundays. The 30-minute show will be anchored by NewsHour senior correspondent… Continue reading
Aug 17 Civilian Patrols Complicate Cairo Crisis By News Desk // Maria Abi-Habib, roving Middle East correspondent for The Wall Street Journal, joins Hari Sreenivasan from Cairo via Skype. Abi-Habib looks at the growing number of neighborhood civilian "committees" patrolling the streets, a trend born of a… Continue reading
Aug 16 Watch Inside Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood Show No Sign of Backing Down Inside Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood Show No Sign of Backing Down… Continue watching
Aug 16 Ecuador Pulls Plug on Innovative Cash-for-Conservation Plan in Amazon Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa, pictured here at an interview in Portoviejo, Ecuador, on June 29. Photo by Meridith Kohut/Bloomberg via Getty Images. BOGOTA, Colombia -- Ecuador will open a pristine swath of the Amazon to oil drilling after the… Continue reading
Aug 16 Watch News Wrap: Car Bomb in Lebanon Deadliest Attack in Nearly Three Decades In other news Friday, new death totals from the car bombing in Beirut show at least 22 were killed and another 300 injured. It is the deadliest attack in Lebanon in three decades. Also, a sudden wave of Syrian refugees… Continue watching
Aug 16 Watch Bloodshed, Death Toll Mount as 'Day of Rage' Rallies Rip Across Egypt Despite threats of force, thousands of supporters of ousted Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi launched 'Day of Rage' rallies in Cairo resulting in violent clashes and a mounting death toll. The fury spilled into the streets of other cities across Egypt,… Continue watching
Aug 15 Watch In the Wake of Turmoil and Bloodshed, Should the U.S. Suspend Aid to Egypt? In the Wake of Turmoil and Bloodshed, Should the U.S. Suspend Aid to Egypt?… Continue watching