Sep 10 Watch Kwame Holman Reports from the White House: Teachers, Iran Kwame Holman Reports from the White House: Teachers, Iran Top Briefing… Continue watching
Sep 10 Watch Democracy Still Fragile in Iraq, Where Sectarian Tensions Reach Breaking Point Bridging Sectarian Divides Among Iraq's Majority Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds… Continue watching
Sep 10 Iraqi VP Death Sentence Hints at Wider Sunni-Shia Conflict Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi speaks to reporters after a meeting with the leader of Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan in Istanbul, Turkey, on April 19. Photo by Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images. The fugitive Iraqi vice president sentenced to death Sunday on… Continue reading
Sep 10 Street Fight in Syria By Larisa Epatko Anti-government fighters in the Noor Den al-Zenke batallion clashed with government forces in Aleppo, leaving several rebels dead. Tracey Shelton of GlobalPost took these photos. Continue reading
Sep 10 On Location in Syria: Life and Death in the Streets of Aleppo By News Desk Tracey Shelton of GlobalPost, who has been reporting from Syria, filed the following description of a clash between rebel and government forces on Sept. 1 in Aleppo, a city that has become one of the frontlines in the conflict:… Continue reading
Sep 10 Watch Iraq's Sunni Vice President Says Death Sentence is Politically Motivated Iraq's Sunni vice president, Tariq al-Hashemi, was sentenced to death in absentia by an Iraqi court for overseeing death squads which killed government officials and opposition leaders from 2006 to 2011. From exile in Turkey, Hashemi reaffirmed his innocence and… Continue watching
Sep 07 Watch News Wrap: Pair of Bombings Strike Separate Parts of Damascus News Wrap: Pair of Bombings Strike Separate Parts of Damascus… Continue watching
Sep 07 Disputes in Asia Pacific Pits China Against Its Neighbors By Jeremy Blackman A Philippine soldier stands guard next to fishing boats at a pier in Masinloc town, Zambales province on May 18. Protesters planned to use the boats to get to the disputed Scarborough Shoal. Photo by Ted Aljibe/AFP/GettyImages. Secretary of State… Continue reading
Sep 07 Hurricane Winds Blast Solar Panels and Roof Tiles...On Purpose At Florida International University, 12 giant fans mimic the intensity of a Category 5 hurricane, pummeling rooftops, building materials and solar panels with winds reaching 157 miles per hour. A team of researchers led by civil engineer… Continue reading
Sep 07 Watch State Department Dubs Haqqani Network Terrorists, 'Sopranos of the Afghan War' U.S. State Department announced its decision to designate the Pakistan-based Haqqani network a terrorist group. As a terrorist organization, the State Department can use different tactics to undercut the group's power, especially going after individual members through Haqqani's extensive financial… Continue watching