On Africa News Tonight: Pope Francis Wednesday presided over an open-air mass which witnessed the attendance of over a million people in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital Kinshasa. The pontiff urged leaders in the Central African nation to seek peace in the war with M23 rebels. Plus, authorities in...
US President Joe Biden will host King Abdullah II of Jordan for a private lunch on Thursday, the White House has said. The king is currently in Washington for a series of meetings. On Wednesday, he met with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey, the committee chairman...
The 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) sent shockwaves through the military regime in Myanmar, which illegally seized power in February 2021. The 2023 NDAA incorporates the long-delayed Burma Act, building on precedent set in 2022 when Senator Mitch McConnell added some key points...
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg called on Seoul to send military aid to Ukraine during the first leg of a trip to South Korea and Japan over the weekend. U.S. Institute of Peace Senior Policy Analyst Mirna Galic discusses the visit, which aims to shore up alliances in the Indo-Pacific. She speaks with Haidi...
FRONTLINE investigates Russian President Vladimir Putin’s clashes with multiple American presidents as he’s tried to rebuild the Russian empire. Veteran filmmaker Michael Kirk (Putin’s Revenge, Putin’s Road to War) and his team trace the miscalculations and missteps of U.S. presidents over five administrations...