Sep 16 Divisions Emerge Among Iran's Conservatives By Robert Zeliger As Iran's economy struggles with sanctions over its nuclear program, evidence of cracks among its political hard-liners is appearing. Continue reading
Sep 15 Watch Militant Groups Aid Pakistan Flood Victims The U.S. is said to be the leading donor in the Pakistan floods for humanitarian aid. But militant groups are also stepping up their efforts. Suzanna Koster of GlobalPost reports from a town in Punjab. Continue watching
Sep 15 France to Raise Retirement Age: Is it An 'Au Revoir' to the Good Life? Protests in France. Photo by Thomas Coex/AFP/Getty Images Perhaps it is "au revoir" to the good life. Why else would thousands of French men and women be on the streets protesting what seems like a small change in the… Continue reading
Sep 15 Mexico Dispatch: Tijuana Is No Juarez, Residents Say TIJUANA, BAJA CALIFORNIA, Mexico | Toiling with a pile of wood planks in his garage turned woodshop, 46-year-old Roberto Carrillo exclaims without hesitation: "Tijuana is not Ciudad Juarez. We don't have the level of violence that you read… Continue reading
Sep 14 Mexico Dispatch: Perception vs. Reality at One Beach Town ROSARITO BEACH, Mexico | Walking or driving down boulevard Benito Juarez, the main street of Rosarito Beach, gives no hints of the struggles this tourist community has been fighting for the past four years. As the sun sinks over… Continue reading
Sep 14 Blair: Success Possible in Mideast Talks; Military Must Remain Option With Iran By News Desk With direct talks between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas set to continue, Margaret Warner spoke with former U.K. Prime Minister and current Middle East envoy Tony Blair Tuesday about the meetings' prospects for… Continue reading
Sep 14 Watch Blair: Prospects for Mideast Peace Talks Hinge on Current Leaders Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair talks to Margaret Warner about the resumption of Mideast peace talks in Egypt Tuesday, saying that if current leaders cannot succeed, an agreement may not be possible. Continue watching
Sep 14 Update: Haitian Amputee Gets New Leg, New Reason to Dance By Talea Miller When the NewsHour team first met George Exantus in Port-au-Prince we were immediately captivated by his story: a prize-winning competitive dancer, Exantus lost his right leg below the knee after he was pinned under rubble for two days in… Continue reading
Sep 14 Watch In Middle East, Peace Sought on Smaller Scale Through Business Ties A New York-based entrepreneur has found a way to work with Palestinians and Israelis for both peace and profit. Special correspondent Fred De Sam Lazaro reports. Continue watching
Sep 13 In Turkey, Constitutional Changes Do Little to Mend Divisions By Larisa Epatko It's a classic dilemma in Turkish politics: voters approved a referendum that the Islamist-rooted government said would make the country's government more modern and democratic, but that opponents said would give the ruling party autocratic powers. And Turkish columnists have… Continue reading