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News Hour: Egypt’s President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has announced a three-month state of emergency after attacks on two Coptic churches that left at least 44 dead. The measure allows authorities to make arrests without warrants and...

News Hour: Protesters clashed with security forces during protests in Venezuela on Saturday after a ban on a top opposition leader from office breathed life into a fractured movement and fueled the first sustained anti-government demonstrations...

News Hour: Bangladesh and India yesterday reinforced their pledge “zero tolerance” policy against terrorism and extremism alongside reiterating their strong commitment to make borders peaceful and free from criminal activities as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina held...

News Hour: India offered a $4.5 billion line of credit to neighbouring Bangladesh on Saturday to help it implement projects in priority areas such as the energy sector, and a separate $500 million credit line to...

News Hour: Swedish police said they were interviewing two people in relation to a deadly truck attack in the capital Stockholm on Friday. “I can confirm that we have taken in two people for questioning, but...

News Hour: A lorry has smashed into a store in central Stockholm, killing at least three people, Swedish police say. Several people were also injured in the incident on Drottninggatan (Queen Street), one of the city’s...

News Hour: 30 people have been killed in an overnight attack by Islamic State militants in the Iraqi city of Tikrit. A police source told the BBC that the militants targeted officers in the central Zuhur...

News Hour: A suspected chemical attack on a rebel-held town in Syria’s Idlib province has drawn widespread international condemnation, with the United Nations saying it will investigate the bombing raid as a possible war crime. At least 72...

News Hour: A suspected Syrian government chemical attack killed scores of people, including children, in the northwestern province of Idlib on Tuesday, a monitoring group, medics and rescue workers in the rebel-held area said. The U.S....

News Hour: An explosion has hit an underground station in the city of St Petersburg. At least 10 people are feared dead and dozens wounded in a blast in the metro system of Saint Petersburg, Russia’s...