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Torture and Abuse Revealed in WikiLeaks Documents

WikiLeaks released 400,000 documents on Friday that reveal cases of torture and abuse of detainees by Iraqi security forces. The reports also increase the number of civilian casualites in the war....

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Atlantic Yards Gets Musical Treatment

Construction started earlier this year on the largest development project in Brooklyn's history, the Atlantic Yards. And even though it isn't finished, the project is already a musical. "In The...

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Errol Morris on Soldiers Posing With Dead Civilians

The world has been shocked by three photographs released by German magazine Der Spiegel. The photos depict dead civilians in Afghanistan and U.S. Soldiers who are accused of killing them for sport....

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The Civilian-Military Divide

TIME Washington deputy bureau chief, Mark Thompson, discusses the civilian-military divide and how it plays out as new veterans return home. Matt Gallagher, senior writing manager at IAVA and an Iraq...

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Vets Helping Vets, and Healing in the Process

Recent vets are confronting life back home, as combat missions in Iraq have wrapped up. Some of them are choosing to use their war-time experiences to help other vets who're having a harder time making...

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The Military Deserves Serious Scrutiny, Not Empty Praise

James Fallows, national correspondent for The Atlantic, critiques the current relationship between military and civilian Americans -- the latter offer little concern, but unstinting praise, as we drift...

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A Journalist Captures Daily Life in a Palestinian Village

Journalist Ben Ehrenreich spent three years living in the Palestinian village of Nabi Salih. In his new book The Way to Spring: Life and Death in Palestine, he details the villagers' struggle against...

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What we know about the deadly air assault on Mosul

Watch VideoThe post What we know about the deadly air assault on Mosul appeared first on PBS NewsHour.

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U.S. opens formal investigation into civilian deaths in Mosul

U.S. Army Gen. Joseph Votel, commander of the U.S. Central Command, testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington March 9, 2017. Photo by Aaron P....

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NATO vows to supply Ukraine with weapons

NATO's defense ministers have agreed to supply Ukraine with weapons amid Russia's invasion of Ukrainian territory, following a two-day meeting in Brussels. Also, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy...

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Turkey clears path for Sweden to join NATO

After months of blocking Sweden's efforts to join NATO, Turkey has agreed to support Swedish membership in the Western military alliance. Also, the UN secretary-general warned this week that Sudan is...

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Ukraine says Russia conducts largest attack since beginning of war

An official count by Ukraine shows that Russia fired 122 missiles targeting civilian areas and cities across the country in the largest attack since the beginning of the war. Also, Patrice Lumumba was...

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