September2017
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Hezbollah declares Syria victory
Sep 12, 2017News Hour: The Syrian government’s powerful Lebanese ally Hezbollah has declared victory in the Syrian war, dismissing remaining fighting as “scattered battles”, a pro-Hezbollah newspaper reported on Tuesday. The comments by Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah... -
North Korea warns U.S. of ‘greatest pain’, rejects sanctions
Sep 12, 2017News Hour: North Korea on Tuesday rejected a U.N. Security Council resolution imposing tougher sanctions and said the United States would soon face the “greatest pain” it had ever experienced. The Security Council unanimously stepped up... -
Venezuela Supreme Court has staged effective coup
Sep 12, 2017News Hour: Venezuela’s Supreme Court has progressively dismantled the rule of law, becoming an instrument of President Nicolas Maduro’s government in what amounts to a coup against the constitutional order, an international human rights group charged... -
Trump to weigh more aggressive U.S. strategy on Iran
Sep 12, 2017News Hour: President Donald Trump is weighing a strategy that could allow more aggressive U.S. responses to Iran’s forces, its Shi‘ite Muslim proxies in Iraq and Syria, and its support for militant groups, according to six... -
At a Russian polling station, phantom voters cast ballots for the ‘Tsar’
Sep 12, 2017News Hour: At polling station no. 333 in the Russian city of Vladikavkaz, Reuters reporters only counted 256 voters casting their ballots in a regional election on Sunday. People were voting across Russia in what is... -
U.S. allies in Asia welcome new sanctions on defiant North Korea
Sep 12, 2017News Hour: Major U.S. allies in Asia on Tuesday welcomed the U.N. Security Council’s unanimous vote to step up sanctions on North Korea, with its profitable textile exports now banned and fuel supplies to the reclusive... -
Protest greets former Trump adviser Bannon at Hong Kong investor event
Sep 12, 2017News Hour: Protesters outside a luxury hotel in Hong Kong shouted anti-racism slogans on Tuesday ahead of a speech by former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon at an investor conference organized by a unit of...
