August2017
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Joint Taliban, Islamic State raid killed disarmed Afghan fighters, civilians
Aug 20, 2017News Hour: A combined force of Taliban and “self-proclaimed” Islamic State militants killed at least 36 people in what may amount to war crimes during a raid on a northern Afghan town this month, the United... -
Iraq’s Kurds might put off independence vote in return for concessions from Baghdad
Aug 20, 2017News Hour: Iraq’s Kurds may consider the possibility of postponing a planned Sept. 25 referendum on independence in return for financial and political concessions from the central government in Baghdad, a senior Kurdish official said. A... -
British-Australian 7-year-old among dead in Barcelona attack
Aug 20, 2017News Hour: A seven-year-old British-Australian boy was among the 13 people killed when a van driven by a suspected Islamist militant mowed down pedestrians in Barcelona on Thursday, emergency services in the northeastern Spanish region said... -
Spain hunts for driver in van rampage, says Islamist cell dismantled
Aug 20, 2017News Hour: Police were searching on Saturday for the driver of a van that killed 13 people when it plowed into a crowd in Barcelona and were trying to determine whether two other suspected Islamist militants... -
Barcelona van attack suspect may have crossed into France
Aug 20, 2017News Hour: Spanish police hunting for a suspect after the Barcelona van attack that killed 13 people said on Sunday they could not rule out that he had slipped over the border into France. Spanish police... -
Trump has made Afghanistan decision after ‘rigorous’ review
Aug 20, 2017News Hour: President Donald Trump has made a decision on the United States’ strategy for Afghanistan after a “sufficiently rigorous” review process, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Sunday. However, Mattis did not provide details on... -
Western plots against him foiled but war not yet won, Syria’s Assad says
Aug 20, 2017News Hour: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Sunday his country had foiled Western designs to topple him but his army had not yet won the fight to end Syria’s six-year-old insurgency. In an televised address,... -
Finnish police search new sites, talk to suspect in knife rampage probe
Aug 20, 2017News Hour: Police searched premises in the city of Turku and interviewed the chief suspect on Sunday as part of an investigation into Finland’s first suspected Islamist militant attack. The National Bureau of Investigation said it... -
Indian court gives a woman permission to divorce her husband because their home did not have a toilet
Aug 20, 2017News Hour: An Indian court has given a woman permission to divorce her husband because their home did not have a toilet, forcing her to seek relief outdoors. The family court in the northwestern state of... -
Tenth South Asian training program on CGE modeling held in Bangladesh
Aug 20, 2017News Hour: “Tenth South Asian Training Program on CGE Modeling” was held from 12-16 August 2017 at Hotel Sea Crown, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. The program was organized by South Asian Network on Economic Modeling (SANEM), Dhaka...
