Oct 04 Monday: Travel Alert Issued for Europe; NATO Tankers Attacked in Pakistan French Army soldiers patrol the Eiffel Tower in Paris on Sunday. Photo by Thomas Coex/AFP/Getty Images. The State Department issued a travel alert Sunday, cautioning Americans visiting Europe of possible terrorist attack by al-Qaida or other groups. The alert… Continue reading
Oct 01 Watch Bosnia Prepares For Elections as Ethnic Divisions Remain Special correspondent Kira Kay reports on this weekend's elections in Bosnia where ethnic tensions still run high. Continue watching
Oct 01 Watch News Wrap: Tropical Storm Nicole Floods East Coast Highways In other news Friday, remnants of Tropical Storm Nicole moved up the East Coast, battering the Northeast and dumping more than 10 inches of rain in parts of Delaware County, Pa. Continue watching
Oct 01 Iraq’s Political Stalemate Breaks Record By Larisa Epatko As of Friday, Iraq has the unfortunate distinction of taking the longest of any country to form a government, analysts say, as talks and political jockeying continued for the 208th day after elections. Continue reading
Oct 01 Moscow Mayor’s Ouster Renews a Query: Who Is Really Running Russia? The Cold War has been over for years, but its two capitals -- Washington and Moscow -- are going through similar political storms these days, both having managed to lose their mayors. The mayors, Yuri Luzhkov of Moscow, and… Continue reading
Sep 30 Afghanistan’s Opium Production Drops, but Will It Last? By Larisa Epatko Opium production in Afghanistan has been halved, but with supply dwindling, prices might increase and entice farmers to start growing the illicit crop again. That's the word from the latest U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime report on the issue. Continue reading
Sep 30 Thursday on the NewsHour: City of Asylum/Pittsburgh By Tom LeGro City of Asylum/Pittsburgh is a six-year-old program that provides shelter to foreign literary writers who have encountered dangers in their homeland. Watch online exclusive videos of the writers reading their work. Continue reading
Sep 30 The Face of a New ‘Dear Leader’ Photos of Kim Jong Un, the probable heir to Kim Jong Il's leadership of North Korea, have been few and far between. Until Thursday, the only verified image that showed his face was taken when he was 11… Continue reading
Sep 29 Watch Europe on Alert After Suspected Terror Plot Uncovered Governments around the world have responded to the news of a suspected terror threat in Europe. Angus Walker of Independent Television News has more. Continue watching
Sep 29 Watch European Governments Keep Mum on Details of Suspected Terror Plot New terror threats and reports of a possible plot to attack Europe have governments around the world responding. Ray Suarez talks to Siobhan Gorman of the Wall Street Journal about the latest on a suspected Mumbai-style terror plot in Europe. Continue watching