Oct 07 10th Anniversary of the Afghan War By Larisa Epatko In the decade since the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan began on Oct. 7, 2001, the Taliban regime fell, Afghans held their first parliamentary elections in more than 30 years, and retaliatory attacks against U.S. and allied forces intensified. Continue reading
Oct 07 Supporters of Assad Regime Retaliate -- on the Web Dictators in Tunisia and Egypt learned the hard way about the organizational and promotional power of social media. It's a lesson that supporters of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad have taken to heart. In recent weeks and months, as Syria… Continue reading
Oct 06 Watch Film Follows First Trials of International Criminal Court's Chief Prosecutor In "Prosecutor," filmmaker Berry Stevens follows Luis Moreno-Ocampo, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. This excerpt is part of The Economist Film Project series of independently produced films aired in partnership between The Economist and the NewsHour. Continue watching
Oct 06 'Indignez-Vous!': Stephane Hessel's Guide to Outrage By Larisa Epatko Diplomat and author Stephane Hessel, who is also a concentration camp survivor and former French resistance fighter, wants people to get mad and fight against what's wrong in the world, as he writes in his booklet, "Indignez-Vous!" or "Time for… Continue reading
Oct 06 'Prosecutor' Looks Behind-the-Scenes at the International Criminal Court Luis Moreno-Ocampo, the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court meets people in the remote village of Zumbe, D.R. Congo, the site of a brutal massacre. Photo courtesy Sheila Velez, White Pine Pictures On Thursday's NewsHour, we feature an… Continue reading
Oct 05 Watch War-Torn Liberia Struggles to Care for Mentally Ill War-Ravaged Liberia Faces Challenge of Caring for Mentally Ill… Continue watching
Oct 05 Text-Messaging for Health Still Has Its Challenges By Larisa Epatko At first glance, text-messaging health alerts to poor, rural populations with widespread mobile phone use is a no-brainer. But what about the challenges of providing useful information and the simple act of re-charging phones in isolated spots?… Continue reading
Oct 05 U.S. Angered by China, Russia Veto of Syria Resolution at U.N. China and Russia vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution, proposed by the United States and several European nations, that would have condemned Syria and the government of President Bashar al-Assad for its crackdown on protesters. The United States, France and… Continue reading
Oct 04 Watch Somalis 'Shocked' at Scale of Deadly al-Shabab Attack in Mogadishu Al-Shabab took responsibility for a truck bomb that rammed a checkpoint Tuesday near the education ministry in Mogadishu, Somalia, as students and parents were crowding in to learn about scholarships. Ray Suarez discusses that attack that killed at least 70… Continue watching
Oct 04 Watch Liberians Head to Polls in Test of Struggling Democracy's Stability Liberia Struggles to Build Democracy After Civil War… Continue watching