FeedSource- PBS NewsHour - World ǀ Published-Sat, 17 May 2025 17:50:20 -0400
Title: Israel mobilizes new ground assault on Gaza to pressure Hamas into freeing hostages
Description: Israel is mobilizing forces for a new ground assault in Gaza, after Palestinian officials said about 300 people died in waves of airstrikes over the past 72 hours. Israeli officials say the objective is to pressure Hamas into freeing the remaining hostages held in Gaza. Meanwhile, ceasefire talks resumed Saturday in Qatar. John Yang speaks with The Washington Post’s Gerry Shih for more.
FeedSource- PBS NewsHour - World ǀ Published-Sat, 17 May 2025 15:36:05 -0400
Title: Iran says it will continue nuclear negotiations with the U.S. despite Trump’s threats
Description: The negotiations have reached the “expert” level, meaning the sides are trying to reach agreement on the details of a possible deal. President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened to unleash airstrikes targeting Iran’s program if a deal isn’t reached.
FeedSource- PBS NewsHour - World ǀ Published-Sat, 17 May 2025 13:31:05 -0400
Title: Trump says he will call Putin and then Zelenskyy on Monday to discuss ending war in Ukraine
Description: Trump's remarks came less than a day after the first direct talks between Moscow and Kyiv in years failed to yield a ceasefire.
FeedSource- PBS NewsHour - World ǀ Published-Sat, 17 May 2025 11:55:50 -0400
Title: Israel launches new military operation in Gaza a day after Trump leaves the Middle East
Description: Negotiations between Israel and Hamas have yet to achieve progress in Qatar’s capital, Doha. Hamas, which released an Israeli-American hostage as a goodwill gesture before Trump’s trip, insists on a deal that ends the war and leads to the withdrawal of Israeli forces — something Israel said that it won't agree to.
FeedSource- PBS NewsHour - World ǀ Published-Fri, 16 May 2025 18:55:24 -0400
Title: Russia-Ukraine peace talks fall flat with few signs of progress
Description: In highly anticipated peace talks, Russian and Ukrainian officials agreed to exchange 1,000 prisoners, the war’s largest swap. While they agreed to keep talking, there was no breakthrough for peace and the two sides seemed even further apart. Nick Schifrin reports and Amna Nawaz speaks with former State Department official Andrew Weiss for perspective on the state of negotiations.
FeedSource- PBS NewsHour - World ǀ Published-Fri, 16 May 2025 18:50:16 -0400
Title: News Wrap: Israel strikes two Houthi-controlled ports and unleashes new barrage on Gaza
Description: In our news wrap Friday, Israeli Defense Forces struck two Houthi-controlled ports in Yemen and launched dozens of airstrikes across Gaza, a transit strike in New Jersey forced 350,000 people to make alternative plans, group of GOP lawmakers blocked President Trump's "big, beautiful bill" and New Orleans police say ten inmates who escaped from jail may have had help from the inside.
FeedSource- PBS NewsHour - World ǀ Published-Fri, 16 May 2025 13:10:12 -0400
Title: Children die after USAID funding cuts end lifeline for displaced communities fleeing violence
Description: For years, the United States Agency for International Development had been the backbone of the humanitarian response in northeastern Nigeria, helping non-government organizations provide food, shelter and healthcare to millions of people. But this year, the Trump administration cut more than 90% of USAID's foreign aid contracts and $60 billion in overall assistance around the world.
FeedSource- PBS NewsHour - World ǀ Published-Fri, 16 May 2025 12:22:47 -0400
Title: Pope Leo XIV says family is ‘between a man and a woman’ and asserts the dignity of the unborn
Description: Leo, the first American pope, also called for reviving multilateral diplomacy and promoting dialogue between religions in the search for peace, in his first meeting with the Vatican diplomatic corps.
FeedSource- PBS NewsHour - World ǀ Published-Fri, 16 May 2025 10:47:59 -0400
Title: WATCH: Attorneys react to latest Kilmar Abrego Garcia hearing where judge called Trump administration’s explanation ‘inadequate’
Description: A federal judge told the Trump administration Friday that its explanation for invoking the state secrets privilege in the Kilmar Abrego Garcia case is inadequate, describing the government’s reasoning for withholding information as “take my word for it.”
FeedSource- PBS NewsHour - World ǀ Published-Fri, 16 May 2025 10:16:09 -0400
Title: Trump says Iran has a proposal from the U.S. on its rapidly advancing nuclear program
Description: One major sticking point remains Iran's enrichment of uranium, which Tehran insists it must be allowed to do and the Trump administration increasingly insists the Islamic Republic must give up.