Sep 25 Fragile Peacemaking Underway as Nepal Ushers in Democracy, Seeks Talks with U.S. By PBS News Hour After a decade-long civil war that left about 13,000 people dead ended in 2006, Nepal has reached a milestone in its peace process even though it is being guided by the same man who led the insurgency. Continue reading
Sep 25 After Months of Wrangling, Iraqi Government Approves Election Law By PBS News Hour After months of deadlock and negotiations, Iraq's Parliament overwhelmingly approved a provincial elections law on Wednesday, giving a much-needed boost to the country's U.S.-supported reconciliation efforts. Continue reading
Sep 24 N. Korea Bars U.N. Inspectors From Nuclear Plant By PBS News Hour North Korea barred U.N. nuclear inspectors from accessing its main reactor and appears to be moving forward with plans to restart the plant despite a 2007 pact to end its atomic bomb program, officials said Wednesday. Continue reading
Sep 24 Author Describes Israel's View on Threat From Iran By Robert Zeliger Taking a shot at Israel's intelligence agencies, author Ronen Bergman argues that Israel and the West have underestimated the threat from Iran for decades. Bergman, a journalist and author of "The Secret War with Iran: The 30-Year Clandestine Struggle Against… Continue reading
Sep 23 In U.N. Speech, President Bush Urges Unity Against Terrorism By Admin, PBS News Hour In his eighth and final address to the U.N. General Assembly Tuesday, President Bush said that multinational organizations are now "needed more urgently than ever" to combat terrorists and extremists. Continue reading
Sep 22 Pakistan Hunts for Bombers of Landmark Hotel By PBS News Hour Pakistani officials are still trying to determine who is behind the weekend truck bombing at a landmark Islamabad hotel that killed at least 53 people. Continue reading
Sep 19 Watch Restoring Power to Ike Victims Proves Tough Task When Hurricane Ike slammed into the Texas coast, the storm inflicted major damage to the electrical grid, leaving hundeds of thousands of people without power. Tom Bearden reports on the electrical grids in Southeast Texas and why restoring power has… Continue watching
Sep 19 North Korea Says Reactor Could Be Restarted By PBS News Hour North Korea said Friday it has stopped disabling its nuclear reactor in Yongbyon and that it no longer wants to be taken off a U.S. list of states that sponsor terrorism. Continue reading
Sep 18 Sweep Nets 25 Arrests After U.S. Embassy Attack By PBS News Hour At least 25 militants with suspected links to al-Qaida were arrested in connection with Wednesday's coordinated ambush of the U.S. Embassy in Yemen's capital that killed 17, including a young Yemeni-American woman and her Yemeni husband. Continue reading
Sep 17 Watch After Ike, Bridge City Residents Await Return Home Despite ongoing hurricane relief efforts in Bridge City, Texas, residents remain barred from returning to their homes. Tom Bearden reports on the destruction and the latest developments. Continue watching