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Police officer stabbed and the assailant shot by police near the British Houses of Parliament
Mar 22, 2017News Hour: A police officer was stabbed and the assailant shot by police near the British Houses of Parliament, in what police are treating as a terrorist incident. London’s Metropolitan Police said on Twitter they were called... -
North Korea missile test fails
Mar 22, 2017News Hour: A North Korean missile appeared to have exploded on Wednesday just after it was launched, the U.S. and South Korean militaries said after detecting the latest in a series of weapons tests by the... -
North Korea forges ahead with nuclear ambitions
Mar 22, 2017News Hour: North Korea has nothing to fear from any U.S. move to broaden sanctions aimed at cutting it off from the global financial system and will pursue “acceleration” of its nuclear and missile programs, a... -
S.Korean ex-president Park interrogated by prosecutors
Mar 21, 2017News Hour: Ousted South Korean president Park Geun-Hye was questioned by prosecutors Tuesday over the corruption and abuse of power scandal that brought her down, after using executive privilege to avoid them for months while in... -
Sonali Bank gets approval to start PayPal services in Bangladesh
Mar 20, 2017News Hour: Bangladesh’s state-owned Sonali Bank has got approval from Bangladesh Bank to start the online money-transfer services with PayPal. The approval has been given to Sonali Bank by the Foreign Exchange Policy Department of Bangladesh Bank,... -
Pakistan orders border crossing with Afghanistan to reopen immediately
Mar 20, 2017News Hour: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has ordered the country’s two main border crossings with Afghanistan to reopen immediately. Mr Sharif said the move was meant as a gesture of goodwill. Pakistan shut the crossings... -
Hardline priest Yogi Adityanath’s elevation a sign Modi is moving toward Hindu India
Mar 20, 2017News Hour: A saffron-robed Hindu holy man was sworn in on Sunday to lead Uttar Pradesh, sealing what appears to be a shift in course by Prime Minister Narendra Modi that could redefine the world’s largest... -
Norway unseats Denmark as world’s happiest country
Mar 20, 2017News Hour: Norway displaced Denmark as the world’s happiest country in a new report released on Monday that called on nations to build social trust and equality to improve the wellbeing of their citizens. The Nordic... -
EU says, Britain to launch Brexit process on March 29
Mar 20, 2017News Hour: Prime Minister Theresa May will write to the European Union on March 29 formally announcing Britain’s withdrawal from the bloc, EU sources told Reuters on Monday, saying Brussels had been told of the plan... -
Bangladesh celebrated their 100th Test with victory
Mar 19, 2017News Hour: Bangladesh celebrated their 100th Test with only their ninth-ever victory – and their first against Sri Lanka – in Colombo. Opener Tamim Iqbal made 82 and Sabbir Rahman 41 in a third-wicket stand of...