Dec 20 Watch Understanding Why Delivering Aid Can Be a Dangerous Endeavor While aid groups operate with apolitical, humanitarian intentions, workers trying to bring relief in the middle of conflicts often find themselves in danger. Ray Suarez talks to Joel Charny of InterAction about the recent deaths of health workers trying to… Continue watching
Dec 20 Watch Program on Polio Eradication Suspended in Pakistan After 9 Aid Workers Killed At least nine people have been killed for their involvement in Pakistan's polio eradication campaign to deliver vaccines to 33 million children. The World Health Organization and UNICEF announced a temporary suspension of the vaccination campaign due to safety concerns. Continue watching
Dec 19 Watch As Fighting Continues in Damascus, Syrians Still Seek Sense of Normal Life As Fighting Continues in Damascus, Syrians Still Seek Sense of Normal Life… Continue watching
Dec 19 Watch Providing Appropriate Security at Embassies and Preventing Future Attacks Abroad Providing Appropriate Security at Embassies and Preventing Future Attacks Abroad… Continue watching
Dec 19 South Korea Elects First Female President -- Who Is She? South Korean President-elect Park Geun-hye speaks at the New Frontier Party headquarters in Seoul. Photo by Jean Chung/Bloomberg via Getty Images. In the last several years, a lagging global economy has forced out ruling parties in several countries: France,… Continue reading
Dec 19 What I Saw in Benghazi An attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, on Sept. 11, 2012 killed four Americans, including U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens. REUTERS/Esam Al-Fetori/Files As told to P.J. Tobia Freelance Libyan journalist Osama Alfitory covered the attack in Benghazi… Continue reading
Dec 19 Report: Security 'Grossly Inadequate' in Benghazi at Time of Attack By Larisa Epatko A newly released State Department review of the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, on Sept. 11 that left four Americans dead, including U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens, found security at the site was "grossly inadequate."… Continue reading
Dec 18 Watch Loved and Loathed, Indian Politician Narendra Modi Seeks Re-election Loved and Loathed, Polarizing Indian Political Figure Modi Seeks Re-Election… Continue watching
Dec 18 Median Age of Faithful Is Clue to Future of Religion Worldwide The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life released a new study Tuesday, "The Global Religious Landscape," that provides a comprehensive look at religious affiliation by country and worldwide. Graphics courtesy of the Pew Forum on Religion and… Continue reading
Dec 18 Watch News Wrap: Syrian War Planes Bomb Refugee Camp to Fend Off Rebel Offensives In other news Tuesday, Syrian war planes bombed a Palestinian refugee camp outside Damascus for the second time in a week, in attempt of fending off a rebel offensive on the capital. Also in Syria, NBC News foreign correspondent Richard… Continue watching