Feb 24 Watch Libya's Instability, Worries Over Regional Contagion Rattle Oil Markets Libya exports more than 1.5 million barrels of oil a day to the world, but violence has pushed oil prices to the highest level in more than two years. Judy Woodruff talks to Raad Alkadiri of PFC Energy, a global… Continue watching
Feb 24 Watch News Wrap: Saudi Arabian College Student Charged in Texas Bomb Plot In other news Thursday, a Saudi Arabian college student was charged in connection with a bomb plot that allegedly included targets such as the Dallas home of former President George W. Bush. In Britain, a judge cleared the way for… Continue watching
Feb 24 Watch Libya's Bloody Struggle Tests Loyalty of Gadhafi's Forces Forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi clashed with protesters in several key cities across Libya as other nations continued evacuating their citizens. Jim Lehrer speaks with Dartmouth College's Dirk Vandewalle and Andrew McGregor of the Jamestown Foundation about the relative military… Continue watching
Feb 24 Opposition Gains Territory in Libya, Violent Crackdown Continues Updated 2:45 p.m. ET Updated 12:15 p.m. ET Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi responded to the latest clashes in a phone interview with state television, accusing Osama bin Laden of being complicit in the upheaval throughout the country… Continue reading
Feb 24 Afghans Brace for Another Spring Fraught With Violence By Larisa Epatko Since U.S.-led forces unseated the Taliban in 2001, springtime in Afghanistan has generally brought increased fighting between insurgents and coalition forces. Many Afghans expect this year to be no different. Continue reading
Feb 24 Introducing the NewsHour's Revamped World Page By News Desk Our redesigned World page has more of the PBS NewsHour's in-depth analysis and on-the-ground reporting. Continue reading
Feb 24 Judge Rules on Assange Extradition, Death Toll Rises in New Zealand Quake A judge in London ruled that Britain will extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to Sweden to face charges of sex crimes, accusations that the 39-year-old Australian has denied and attributed to a politically motivated smear campaign. Assange and his… Continue reading
Feb 23 Watch Once Safe, Mexico's Monterrey Becoming 'City of Massacres' Bill Neely of Independent Television News continues his series of reports on Mexico's battle against drug cartels with a look at how Monterrey, the nation's richest city, is falling victim to widespread violence. Continue watching
Feb 23 Watch If Libya Spins out of Control, 'It Could Be a Massive Loss of Life' As the Libyan government continues to use violence against protesters, the international community is debating ways to respond. Jeffrey Brown talks about the options with Tom Malinowski of Human Rights Watch, Georgetown University's Charles Kupchan and Maurizio Molinari of the… Continue watching
Feb 23 Watch Getting to Know Gadhafi: Examining the Quirks, Intellect of Libya's Strongman Jim Lehrer talks about the legacy and personality of longtime Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi with longtime Middle East correspondent Jim Hoagland of the Washington Post and the Middle East Institute's David Mack, who was a political officer at the U.S. Continue watching