Mar 21 Watch Turmoil in Arab World: Deepening Divisions or Turning a New Page? What turmoil in the Middle East and wider Arab world may mean in the long-term. Continue watching
Mar 21 Watch In Yemen, ‘Too Many Guns and Too Many Grievances’ as President Clings to Power Yemen's longtime ruler faces a growing opposition movement. Continue watching
Mar 21 Watch In Egypt, ‘Vibrant’ Political Culture Budding After Voters Approve Reforms An overwhelming majority of Egyptian voters approved a referendum on constitutional amendments that paves the way for presidential and parliamentary elections. Jeffrey Brown talks to Georgetown University's Samer Shehata about what's next for Egypt after Sunday's record turnout at the… Continue watching
Mar 21 Watch News Wrap: At Least 7 Killed in Syria as Army Deploys to Stop Unrest In other news Monday, the Syrian army deployed to the city of Daraa, where at least seven people were killed in protests. Riot police also dispersed a small crowd that gathered after the funeral of a protester. Also, the Bahraini… Continue watching
Mar 21 Watch Coalition Airstrikes Target Gadhafi’s Forces, Build No-Fly Zone Over Libya Coalition forces hit Libya with more than a dozen more cruise missiles in an effort to impose a no-fly zone over the country and stop Moammar Gadhafi's forces from attacking civilians. Jonathan Miller and Martin Geissler of Independent Television News… Continue watching
Mar 21 Watch U.S. Military Takes Lead Role in Libya, But Endgame Remains Unclear Gwen Ifill talks to two military experts about the situation in Libya. Continue watching
Mar 21 Visualizing Japan’s Power Outages After Earthquake, Tsunami By Talea Miller Power losses on March 12 indicated in red. Image courtesy NOAA National Geophysical Data Center. The massive earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan on March 11 decimated villages along the northeastern coast and knocked out power to a… Continue reading
Mar 21 Gadhafi’s Forces Are Top Target for Allied Strikes in Libya; Length of Military Effort Remains Unclear By Maureen Hoch Updated 4:45 p.m. ET | During a press conference in Chile Monday, President Obama took new questions on the military action in Libya, saying that while it has always been U.S. policy that Gadhafi "needs to go," U.S. military action… Continue reading
Mar 21 World Week Ahead: Libya Intervention; Radiation in Japan; World Water Day By Larisa Epatko It's a busy week for the foreign affairs desk. Here are the hot spots our foreign affairs team will be watching. Continue reading
Mar 21 Smoke Rises From Nuclear Reactors; Concerns Over Radiation in Food By Tom LeGro Smoke rose from two reactor units at the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant Monday, stopping work to reconnect power lines and fix cooling systems to Japan's nuclear complex damaged by the March 11 earthquake. What caused the smoke from Unit 3… Continue reading