Dec 15 Watch Envisioning a South Africa without Mandela Now that Nelson Mandela has been buried what lies ahead for South Africa? Marcus Mabry, editor at large for the New York Times and formerly Newsweek's Johannesburg Bureau Chief on what South Africa will be like without Mandela. Continue watching
Dec 14 Watch Mandela's memorial service By News Desk South African freedom fighter Nelson Mandela died Dec. 5. Updated Dec. 16 | Nelson Mandela was buried in his hometown of Qunu in southeastern South Africa on Sunday in a ceremony that was a mixture of tribal traditions… Continue reading
Dec 14 One year after Newtown, have your views on gun control, mental health changed? By News Desk Photo by Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images It was one year ago today when reports came in of a shooting at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn. By the end of that day, 20 children and seven adults --including the shooter's… Continue reading
Dec 13 Watch Does North Korea's purge signal rising instability? Will the execution of Kim Jong Un's uncle, the high-level North Korean official Jang Song Thaek, lead to intensified internal repression? Judy Woodruff gets analysis from Sung-Yoon Lee of Tufts University and Robert Carlin, co-author of "The Two Koreas: A… Continue watching
Dec 13 Watch North Korea executes high-level official, charging leader's uncle was a traitor North Korea executes high-level official, charging leader's uncle was a traitor… Continue watching
Dec 13 Watch Disappearance of CIA contractor Levinson in Iran caused agency shake-up Disappearance of CIA contractor Levinson in Iran caused agency shake-up… Continue watching
Dec 13 Colorado high school shooting suspect found dead By News Desk EmbedVideo(8252); Arapahoe County Sheriff Grayson Robinson and Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper addressed the media after a school shooting in suburban Denver Friday. CENTENNIAL, Colo. -- Arapahoe County Sheriff Grayson Robinson said Friday that a school shooting suspect died from… Continue reading
Dec 13 This day in history: Saddam Hussein captured .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } Watch a synopsis of the… Continue reading
Dec 13 Rare snowfall shuts down Jerusalem, blankets Cairo يا جماعة الدنيا نزلت تلللللللللج والدنيا لونها ابيض!!!! pic.twitter.com/c516QItkCl— Maha Salem (@MihooSalem) December 13, 2013 A winter storm moving through the Middle East since Wednesday has shut down in Jerusalem, blanketed Egypt's suburbs and ports… Continue reading
Dec 13 Missing American disappeared on unapproved CIA mission in Iran An American who vanished nearly seven years ago in Iran was working for the CIA on an unapproved intelligence-gathering mission that, when it came to light inside the government, produced one of the most serious scandals in the recent history… Continue reading