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Political crisis of Haiti is generating increasing impatience within the international community
Jul 3, 2016News Hour: Haiti’s political crisis is generating increasing ‘impatience’ within the international community, weeks after its interim president’s mandate expired, the UN peacekeeping chief said on Saturday, reports BSS. Haiti was sucked into a power vacuum... -
Bombardment of opposition-controlled Syrian town killed 43 people
Jul 3, 2016News Hour: Fierce government bombardment of an opposition-controlled Syrian town has killed 43 people, among them children and medical staff, a monitoring group said on Sunday in a new toll, reports BSS. Hours of air strikes... -
Australia in political limbo after voters failed to hand Prime Minister the stability
Jul 3, 2016News Hour: Australia was in political limbo on Sunday after voters failed to hand Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull the stability he craved in calling an election, with the nation instead facing the prospect of a hung... -
Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel dies at 87
Jul 3, 2016News Hour: Elie Wiesel, the Holocaust survivor, writer and Nobel peace laureate who worked to keep alive the memory of Jews slaughtered during World War II, has died aged 87, Israel’s Yad Vashem Holocaust centre said... -
IS claims bomb attack in central Baghdad
Jul 3, 2016News Hour: Islamic State jihadists claimed a bomb attack in central Baghdad that officials said killed at least six people as it ripped through a busy shopping district early on Sunday, setting stores ablaze, reports BSS.... -
Sierra Leone’s deputy high commissioner kidnapped in Nigeria
Jul 2, 2016News Hour: Sierra Leone’s deputy high commissioner has been snatched in Nigeria, government sources said on Friday, the first kidnapping of a diplomat from the west African country in more than half a century, reports BSS.... -
Landslide in China left 20 people missing
Jul 2, 2016News Hour: Heavy rain unleashed a landslide on Friday that killed one person and left 20 others missing in China, state media said. The landslide hit early morning and buried 29 people in the village of Pianpo,... -
Bangladesh forces clear Holey Artisan Bakery and rescue hostages in Dhaka
Jul 2, 2016News Hour: Bangladeshi joint force troops say they have cleared Holey Artisan Bakery in the capital Dhaka, where gunmen took hostages including foreigners on friday, reports BBC. About 35 people were taken hostage, including about 20... -
Militant group takes hostage at restaurant in the capital of Bangladesh
Jul 2, 2016News Hour: Hundreds of troops have stormed a cafe in the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, where gunmen took at least 20 hostages on Friday, security officials say, reports BBC and other local and international news agencies. Explosions... -
Workers in Bolivia injured and arrested during protests
Jun 30, 2016News Hour: Clashes between police and factory workers in Bolivia on Wednesday resulted in dozens of injuries and arrests during protests against policies under President Evo Morales, various sources reported. The incidents took place in the city...
