Aug 20 Watch How Much Does Foreign Money Affect Leverage in Egypt? How Much Does Foreign Money Matter Affect Leverage in Egypt?… Continue watching
Aug 20 China May Have New Shipping Shortcut Thanks to Melting Arctic Ice By Elizabeth Shell The Chinese commercial cargo ship Yong Sheng makes its way from east Asia to western Europe through the new northern "shortcut" above Russia. The Northeast Passage is made possible for a few weeks to months this summer due to melting… Continue reading
Aug 20 Watch News Wrap: Pakistan Charges Former President Failed to Prevent Bhutto Killing In other news Tuesday, Pakistan's former president Pervez Musharraf has been indicted on charges in connection to the assassination of Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in 2007. Also, 300 tons of radioactive water have escaped from a storage tank at the… Continue watching
Aug 20 Watch Egyptian Authorities Charge Muslim Brotherhood Leader With Inciting Violence Mohammed Badie, leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, was arrested on charges of inciting violence in reaction to the ouster of former President Morsi. Meanwhile, as the United States and European Union ponder military aid to Egypt, Gulf allies like Saudi… Continue watching
Aug 19 Watch Egyptian Ambassador: Objective of Crackdown 'Wasn't to Use Massive Force' Egyptian Ambassador: Objective of Crackdown 'Wasn't to Use Massive Force'… Continue watching
Aug 19 Watch Egyptians Angry at Muslim Brotherhood Have Muted Reaction to Mubarak News Egyptians Angry at Muslim Brotherhood Have Muted Reaction to Mubarak News… Continue watching
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