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Aung San Suu Kyi to pay an official visit to India
Oct 13, 2016News Hour: Myanmar State Counselor and Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi will pay an official visit to India soon to strengthen bilateral relations between the two countries, according to an official announcement on Thursday. Aung... -
3 day standoff with suspected rebels ended in Kashmir after Indian security forces killed two attackers
Oct 12, 2016News Hour: The Indian army said a three-day standoff with suspected rebels ended on Wednesday after security forces killed two attackers inside a government building in the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir, reports Aljazeera. Major-General Ashok Narula... -
8 people in car bomb attack in Nigeria by a suspected female suicide bomber
Oct 12, 2016News Hour: Eight people were killed and at least 15 wounded on Wednesday in a car bomb attack in Nigeria’s northeastern Borno state, according to authorities. Police said the body of the suspected female bomber was... -
At least 14 killed in bomb blast outside mosque in Afghanistan
Oct 12, 2016News Hour: At least 14 Afghan civilians have been killed in a bomb blast outside a mosque in northern Balkh province, a day after a deadly gun attack on Shia worshippers at a shrine in the... -
At least 56 killed in Syria’s Aleppo as Russian air raids resumed
Oct 12, 2016News Hour: At least 56 people have been killed over the past 24 hours in the Syrian province of Aleppo as Russian air raids resumed over the countryside, sources told Al Jazeera. The deaths from raids... -
Disastrous toll of criminalizing drug use in US
Oct 12, 2016News Hour: The massive enforcement of laws criminalizing personal drug use and possession in the United States causes devastating harm, Human Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) said in a joint report released... -
Prominent journalist Cyril Almeida barred from leaving Pakistan
Oct 12, 2016News Hour: A leading Pakistani journalist has been banned from leaving the country after writing a column that exposed significant rifts between the civilian government and the military. The report, written by journalist Cyril Almeida for... -
Indians added fireworks to an effigy bearing the image of Prime Minister of Pakistan
Oct 12, 2016News Hour: Indian politicians come forward every year on the Hindu festival of Dussehra to re-enact the slaying of a 10-headed demon, a climactic victory of good over evil depicted in a Hindu epic. The demons... -
Vladimir Putin canceled trip to Paris amid rift over Syria
Oct 11, 2016News Hour: Russian President Vladimir Putin has canceled his trip to Paris scheduled for next week after French President Francois Hollande said he would see him only for talks on achieving peace in Syria’s increasingly bloody... -
Turkish prosecutor ordered the detention of 125 police officers
Oct 11, 2016News Hour: A Turkish prosecutor on Tuesday ordered the detention of 125 police officers in the investigation of a religious movement the government blames for an unsuccessful military coup, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported. It was...
