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Islamic State second-in-command killed in airstrike, Iraqi state TV says
Apr 1, 2017News Hour: Ayad al-Jumaili, believed to be the deputy of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, has been killed in an air strike, Iraqi State TV said on Saturday, citing Iraqi military intelligence. The U.S.-led anti-Islamic... -
Bomb near mosque in northwest Pakistan kills at least 22
Mar 31, 2017News Hour: A bomb apparently targeting a mosque in Pakistan’s northwestern city of Parachinar killed at least 22 people on Friday and wounded dozens in an attack claimed by the Pakistani Taliban. The explosion in a... -
Israeli officers kill Palestinian woman who tried to stab them
Mar 29, 2017News Hour: Israeli paramilitary police officers shot dead a Palestinian woman who tried to attack them with scissors outside Jerusalem’s walled Old City on Wednesday, Israeli police said. The incident occurred at Damascus Gate, a heavily... -
Facebook will be shut down on govt order in Bangladesh
Mar 28, 2017News Hour: The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) will shut down Facebook if the government orders them to do so, BTRC Chairman Dr Shahjahan Mahmood said on Tuesday. Sources at the Ministry of Home Affairs have... -
Cyclone Debbie makes landfall with destructive winds
Mar 28, 2017News Hour: Cyclone Debbie has made landfall in northeast Australia, with lashing rain and howling winds battering the area and towns going into lockdown. The category four storm – on a scale of five – began... -
Asylum-seeking man found hanged at Piraeus port
Mar 28, 2017News Hour: Greek authorities are investigating the apparent suicide of a man, believed to be a refugee, at the port of Piraeus. The man, who was carrying asylum application papers, was found hanged early on Monday... -
Giant gold coin bearing the Queen’s image worth $4m stolen in Germany
Mar 27, 2017News Hour: A giant gold coin bearing the Queen’s image, and worth $4m (£3.2m), has been stolen from a museum in Germany. The Canadian coin, nicknamed the “big maple leaf”, has a face value of $1m... -
Hundreds detained as Belarus struggles to quell protests
Mar 25, 2017News Hour: Belarus authorities detained hundreds of people on Saturday during an attempt to hold a street protest in the capital Minsk, amid rising public anger over falling living standards and an unpopular tax on the... -
Bomb exploded outside the suspected militant den in Sylhet
Mar 25, 2017News Hour: At least two civilians were killed and 28 people including two policemen and a journalist injured in blasts outside the suspected militant den in Shibbari area of Sylhet city this evening. The explosion took place... -
Militants hurl grenade at roadside as ‘Operation Twilight’ continues at Sylhet, Bangladesh
Mar 25, 2017News Hour: An army spokesperson said that they have rescued 78 civilians from the building where the suspected militants were holed up since early on Friday. “The raid is yet to end,” Brig Gen Md Fakhrul...
