Dec 21 Reporter’s Notebook: Morocco Battles HIV, Stigma Through Mosques Ray Suarez with Imam Mohamed Ziani, who helps train other imams to talk about HIV in their communities. The first report in the NewsHour's Morocco series airs on Wednesday night's broadcast. Watch a video preview of the stories. Continue reading
Dec 21 Iraqis Face Backlog of U.S. Visas Due to New Security Checks By Larisa Epatko Several thousand Iraqis, including many who helped the United States during the Iraq war, are caught in a grim race between death threats in their own country and the cumbersome process of obtaining a visa. Continue reading
Dec 20 Targeted Iraqi Leader Warned of His Fate in 2010 Newshour Interview The story from Baghdad led Tuesday's New York Times: Arrest Warrant for Sunni Leader Spurs Iraq Crisis. Just one day after the last U.S. forces departed Iraq, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's Shiite-dominated government had ordered the arrest of the country's… Continue reading
Dec 20 Watch Film Tells Story of Warlord-Turned-Evangelist Known as General Butt Naked The film "The Redemption of General Butt Naked" follows a brutal African warlord who has renounced his violent past and reinvented himself as a Christian evangelist. This excerpt is part of The Economist Film Project series of independently produced films… Continue watching
Dec 20 Watch How Does North Korea Stay So Secretive? The fact that U.S. intelligence apparently didn't notice the death of Kim Jong-il for 48 hours is a demonstration of how impenetrable North Korea continues to be. Margaret Warner discusses the mysterious nation with former senior CIA and State Department… Continue watching
Dec 20 Watch Does Maliki Want to Become Unchallenged Ruler of Iraq? The last U.S. convoy had hardly crossed into Kuwait on Sunday when Iraq was thrust into new and potentially dangerous political turmoil. Judy Woodruff discusses the country's latest political crisis with the Naval Postgraduate School's Abbas Kadhim and Feisal Istrabadi… Continue watching
Dec 20 Slide Show: Scenes From Morocco By Talea Miller The NewsHour's Morocco series starts Wednesday with a report on government reforms brought on by the Arab Spring unrest. Learn more about this fascinating country, its culture and challenges in the slide show above. You can also read a… Continue reading
Dec 19 Protesters, Police Clash Anew in Cairo By P. J. Tobia A police crackdown on protesters in Cairo, during the second stage of Egypt's election, led to the most-violent episodes yet in the post-Mubarak era. Margaret Warner gets the latest from The New York Times' David Kirkpatrick, who has been covering… Continue reading
Dec 19 Watch Madeleine Albright on Vaclav Havel’s ‘Massive Moral Authority, Great Courage’ Thousands of Czechs braved the freezing cold Monday in Prague to pay their respects to former President Vaclav Havel, who died Sunday at age 75. Judy Woodruff discusses the extraordinary life of the writer, dissident and president with former Secretary… Continue watching
Dec 19 Watch If Kim Jong-un Fails to Control Arsenal, North Korea Could Be ‘Truly Terrifying’ Longtime North Korean leader Kim Jong-il died early Saturday after reportedly suffering a heart attack as he toured the country. Jeffrey Brown discusses Kim's reign and what his son, Kim Jong-un, will face as its new leader with Dartmouth College's… Continue watching