International News Coverage

Gold mining leaves heart of Peruvian Amazon a wasteland (PBS NewsHour)

A decade of illegal gold mining in the Peruvian Amazon has left thousands of acres of rainforest a wasteland. Unpermitted miners cleared vast sections of trees near Peru's border with Brazil and infused the land with mercury, causing an environmental disaster. But some miners have fled after Peruvian troops moved in.

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This Man Robbed a Bank to Get His Own Money (NBC LX)

Amid a financial crisis and the crashing of the national currency, people in Lebanon have limited ability to withdraw their own money from banks. Bassam al-Sheikh Hussein needed to withdraw money to pay his dad's mounting medical bills — and wasn't allowed. So he held up a bank in Beirut, starting a 7-hour standoff over his own savings. "If I didn't get the money, I was ready to burn the bank to the ground, burn myself to the ground," he said. NBC News NOW's Alex Tabet reports.

Beirut Blast Victims Still Recovering From Explosion One Year Later (NBC News Now)

One year after more than 200 people were killed in the deadly Beirut explosion, the blast's victims are still feeling the effects. Alex Tabet looks at how life has only gotten worse in Lebanon and as its citizens look to hold their government accountable. 

Around The World In 60 Seconds (NBC News Now)

Around The World in 60 Seconds is an award-winning daily segment on NBC News Now, written, produced, and edited by Alex Tabet. The segment touches on three major news stories from different continents around the globe.