Sep 13 Guatemala’s Presidential Race Heats Up Heading Into Runoff By Larisa Epatko Guatemalans, seeking security as the country still grapples with pervasive violence after a decades-long civil war, gave a former military general a commanding lead in elections held Sunday, which will now go to a runoff. Continue reading
Sep 13 Iranian President Ahmadinejad to Pardon, Release U.S. Hikers By News Desk A picture obtained from Iranian state television showed Americans Shane Bauer, Sarah Shourd and Josh Fattal in Tehran in May 2010. Shourd was released on bail in September 2010. Photo via Getty Images. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told the… Continue reading
Sep 13 U.S. Embassy, NATO HQ in Kabul Attacked by Gunmen By News Desk 2 p.m. ET | According to Afghan authorities, four police men and two civilians have died in Tuesday's attack, which continues into the nighttime hours in Kabul. It is believed that two gunmen remain in a high-rise building,… Continue reading
Sep 12 Watch Simmering Unrest Lingers on Cairo’s Streets After Revolution An angry mob broke into the Israeli Embassy last week in Cairo,ripping down the neighboring country's flag and ransacking offices. Jeffrey Brown speaks with Margaret Warner, who is reporting from Cairo, about the anti-Israel demonstrations, simmering unrest in Egypt and… Continue watching
Sep 12 Warner Recounts Narrow Escape From Mob Scene at Israeli Embassy in Cairo By Larisa Epatko Long-simmering tensions between Israel and Egypt boiled over Friday when an angry mob stormed the building housing the Israeli Embassy in Cairo. When a PBS NewsHour team tried to film the burned vehicles and other wreckage the next day, they… Continue reading
Sep 12 Watch What Does 9/11 Mean to People in Afghanistan? What does 9/11 mean to the people who live in Afghanistan and the Americans troops fighting there? Special correspondent Adam Pletts reports on the feelings regarding the terror attacks on American soil, which he gathered from both groups while embedded… Continue watching
Sep 12 World Week Ahead: Egypt’s Growing Unrest; Key Guatemala Vote By News Desk Egyptian protesters burn an Israeli flag outside of the embassy in Cairo in August. Photo by Khaled Desouki/AFP/Getty Images. Anger at interim military leaders and Israel is starting to boil over in Egypt, where many are frustrated about the pace… Continue reading
Sep 12 1 Killed, 4 Injured in French Plant Explosion, Pipeline Explosion in Kenya Kills 61 By News Desk Updated 5:45 p.m. ET Officials now say one person died and four were injured. According to the Associated Press, The Nuclear Safety Authority declared the accident "terminated" soon after the blast at a furnace in the Centraco site, in… Continue reading
Sep 11 Watch Historians Discuss What’s Changed, What Hasn’t After 9/11 Historians Discuss How Events of 9/11 Changed America… Continue watching
Sep 11 Watch Decade of War Takes Major Physical, Mental Toll on U.S. Troops, Families Millions of Americans have served in the all-volunteer military since 9/11, with many repeatedly returning to the battlefield. Gwen Ifill reports on how this past decade of war has led to increased stress on America's troops and their families, and… Continue watching