Sep 22 Diplomats Walk Out As Ahmadinejad Addresses U.N. General Assembly By News Desk // Updated 5 p.m. ET: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad took to the podium at the U.N. General Assembly Thursday - one day after American hikers Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal were released from prison after being held for two… Continue reading
Sep 21 Galveston: Healthier After Disaster? By Jason Kane Three years after devastation from Hurricane Ike, Galveston, Tex., officials are determined to build the island back stronger -- and healthier -- than ever before. Continue reading
Sep 21 Watch U.S. Standing in Mideast May Pivot on Palestinian Statehood Bid Zbigniew Brzezinski, a counselor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and Richard Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations, join Jeffrey Brown to discuss the state of diplomacy in the Middle East as Palestinians push for statehood. Continue watching
Sep 21 Watch American Hikers Free After 2 Years in Iranian Prison Americans Shane Bauer and Joshua Fattal were reunited with their families Wednesday in Oman after spending more than two years in Iranian prison. The men were convicted of spying and sentenced to eight years in prison, but were freed on… Continue watching
Sep 21 Preview: Can Galveston Rebuild Healthier After Disaster? Julio Ostro and his daughter, Cesly. Photo by Jason Kane. GALVESTON, Texas - To Julio Ostro, the empty feeling at the intersection of Avenue C and 16th Street tells more about his neighborhood than anything still standing there today. Continue reading
Sep 21 Watch Bloody Battle Continues in Gadhafi’s Hometown Although the rebels in Libya are now officially recognized as the government and control the capital, pro-Gadhafi forces continue to fight in the longtime leader's hometown of Sirte. James Foley of GlobalPost reports on the human toll of the daily… Continue watching
Sep 21 ‘Last Train Home’ Goes on Long Journey With Chinese Migrant Workers By Saskia de Melker This week on the NewsHour, "Last Train Home," a documentary that looks at the annual migration of millions of factory workers for the Chinese New Year, will be airing as part of our partnership with The Economist Film Project. Jeffrey… Continue reading
Sep 21 Watch Imprisoning American Hikers ‘Further Tarnished Iran’s International Reputation’ Iran Frees American Hikers Held Since 2009… Continue watching
Sep 21 Hikers Freed From Iranian Prison, U.S. Warns Pakistan Over Haqqani Network A picture obtained from Iranian state television showed American hikers Shane Bauer, Sarah Shourd and Josh Fattal in Tehran in May 2010. Shourd was released on bail in September 2010. File photo via Getty Images. 3:45 p.m. ET |… Continue reading
Sep 21 Obama: Israelis, Palestinians ‘Must Reach Agreement on the Issues that Divide Them’ By Larisa Epatko NEW YORK CITY | In an address to the U.N. General Assembly in New York Wednesday, President Obama said that the Palestinian Authority's bid for statehood would circumvent the Israel-Palestinian peace process and urged the resumption of direct negotiations. Continue reading