Aug 02 Watch USAID Chief: Famine in Somalia 'Worse Than You Can Imagine' In a new effort to alleviate the suffering in famine-stricken Eastern Africa, the U.S. government eased its restrictions on providing aid to Somalia -- aimed at sanctioning al-Shabab -- in hopes of getting more food to starving people. Margret Warner… Continue watching
Aug 02 Syrian Troops Advance on Restive City of Hama By News Desk Members of a human rights group demonstrate outside the Syrian Embassy in Ankara, Turkey. Photo by AFP/Getty. Syrian troops advanced further into the city of Hama on Tuesday, a day after government forces killed 24 people throughout the country on… Continue reading
Aug 01 Watch Syrians Pledge to Escalate Protests During Ramadan as Crackdown Continues On Sunday, President Obama said he was appalled by the Assad regime's use of violence and brutality against opposition demonstrators in Syria. Margaret Warner discusses what's next for the uprising in Syria with the Financial Times' Abigail Fielding-Smith, reporting form… Continue watching
Aug 01 New Widget Tracks Record-Breaking High Temperatures EMBED THIS: » View All High Temperature Records On July 22, thermometers in Newark, N.J., peaked at a staggering 108 degrees,… Continue reading
Aug 01 Inside a Mexican Cartel: Drug Smuggling in the United States By Larisa Epatko In a series written for the Los Angeles Times, Richard Marosi reports on cocaine smugglers in Mexico's Sinaloa cartel as Drug Enforcement Administration agents set about tracking them. Continue reading
Aug 01 Five Maternal Health Innovations That Could Save Lives Prenant woman in Mozambique. Photo by Talea Miller. Every two minutes, somewhere around the world a woman dies in childbirth. Often, a lack of access to care, technology or medications causes these fatal complications. In an effort to reduce… Continue reading
Aug 01 World Week Ahead: Mubarak Goes to Trial; EU Reacts to Syria Crackdown By Larisa Epatko Attention once again returns to the Middle East and North Africa this week with two major developments: the start of the trial of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, and international reaction to Syria's most recent crackdown on anti-government protesters. Continue reading
Aug 01 Syrian Forces Launch Crackdown in Hama, N. Korea Open to Nuclear Talks By News Desk In this third-party photo obtained by AFP/Getty Images, Syrians demonstrate against the government after Friday prayers in Hama on July 29, 2011. Syrian forces are bearing down on the city of Hama in the second day of a renewed… Continue reading
Jul 29 Watch Famine, Strife in Somalia an 'Unfolding Tragedy' Instability in Somalia Hampers Efforts to Aid Famine 'Tragedy'… Continue watching
Jul 29 A Year Later, Funding Still Needed for Pakistan Flood Victims By Talea Miller A woman prays by the Ravi river in August 2010, after the worst flooding in 80 years. Photo by Arif Ali/AFP/Getty Images. This week marks one year since historic flooding submerged a fifth of Pakistan and displaced more than 4… Continue reading