Jun 07 Watch Two N.J. Men Arrested in Connection With Somalia Jihad Plot Two New Jersey men were arrested over the weekend at John F. Kennedy Airport over possible connections to a terrorist group operating in Somalia. Jeffrey Brown reports on the arrest and the ongoing terror probes in New York. Continue watching
Jun 07 Watch Risk of Homegrown Terrorism Plots Examined Two New Jersey men are the latest American citizens arrested for alleged involvement with international terrorism groups. Jeffrey Brown examines the ongoing concern over homegrown terror risks with two terrorism experts. Continue watching
Jun 04 Afghan Conference Backs Plan for Peace Talks With Taliban By Larisa Epatko More than 1,500 tribal elders, business and religious leaders and other members of Afghan society — assembled in the capital for a three-day peace “jirga” or conference — on Friday endorsed President Hamid Karzai’s plan calling for negotiating with the… Continue reading
Jun 04 Former State Department Adviser on Why Mideast Peace Is Stuck By Margaret Warner Over 20 years, through Republican and Democratic administrations, Aaron David Miller witnessed the fits and starts of the Mideast peace process while serving as an adviser to six secretaries of states. Miller, who is now a Woodrow Wilson Center… Continue reading
Jun 04 Israeli Raid Reignites Debate on Gaza By Robert Zeliger Monday's deadly raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla has highlighted Israel's policy of blockading the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip. Several regional analysts weigh in on the policy and other options. Continue reading
Jun 03 Mars500 Project Will Test Prospects for Human Travel to the Red Planet By Lauren Knapp On Thursday morning, six astronauts will be locked in a 550 cubic-meter windowless complex in Moscow. The mission: to simulate the experience of a real trip to Mars and back. The "voyage" will take 520 days, roughly 12 months longer… Continue reading
Jun 02 Japan Seeks Political Stability After Another Prime Minister Resigns By Larisa Epatko Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama quit Wednesday after eight months in office, amid a campaign-funding scandal and backlash from his decision not to relocate a U.S. Marine air base off Okinawa island. Continue reading
Jun 02 Q&A: Haiti’s Rebuilding Challenges Four Months After Quake By Larisa Epatko As Haiti continues to rebuild more than four months after a devastating earthquake killed 200,000 people and wiped out much of the capital city, the country still faces a number of immediate and longer-term challenges. Continue reading
Jun 01 Extended Interviews: Turkish Foreign Minister and Israeli Ambassador By Larisa Epatko As fallout continued Tuesday from the Israeli raid on Turkish-flagged ships bound for Gaza, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and Israeli Ambassador to the U.N. Gabriela Shalev gave the NewsHour their takes. Continue reading
Jun 01 Reporter’s Notebook: Obesity on the Rise in China By Ray Suarez If one picture from China can tell a story of how this country has changed in the 21st century, it's one of a line of youths boarding a bus in front of a hospital for a field trip. It's a… Continue reading