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US military killed Al-Qaeda’s emir for northeastern Afghanistan
Nov 5, 2016News Hour: The US military confirmed on Friday it had killed Al-Qaeda’s emir for northeastern Afghanistan during an air strike last month, in a major blow to the group as it seeks to re-establish safe havens... -
Wall Street stocks fell for the eighth straight session on US election jitters
Nov 4, 2016News Hour: Wall Street stocks fell for the eighth straight session on Thursday on US election jitters, while the pound rallied after a British court ruling threw the government’s Brexit plan into doubt. US stocks continued... -
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump squared off in North Carolina with dueling rallies
Nov 4, 2016News Hour: Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump squared off on Thursday in do-or-die North Carolina with dueling rallies in the home stretch of a bitter, hard-fought US presidential race that is tightening by the day. As... -
Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega looks to be heading for easy re-election
Nov 4, 2016News Hour: Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega looks to be heading for an easy re-election to a fourth term this weekend, with his wife as his running mate. Surveys credit the pair with more than 60 percent... -
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton launched attacks on each other’s character as US race narrows
Nov 2, 2016News Hour: Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton launched bitter attacks on each other’s character on Tuesday as a new poll suggested the White House race has tightened in the final week. Trump stormed into Democratic territory... -
South Korea’s President replaced prime minister in bid to contain damaging political scandal
Nov 2, 2016News Hour: South Korea’s embattled president Park Geun-Hye replaced her prime minister and two other top cabinet members on Wednesday, in her latest bid to contain a damaging political scandal. The move was part of a... -
The Malian jihadist group Ansar Dine denied agreeing to a ceasefire with the government
Nov 2, 2016News Hour: The Malian jihadist group Ansar Dine has denied agreeing to a ceasefire with the government, a Mauritanian news agency and the extremist monitoring group said on Tuesday. It follows the announcement on Monday by... -
Iraqi forces entered the eastern outskirts of Mosul for the first time
Nov 1, 2016News Hour: Iraqi forces have for the first time entered the eastern outskirts of Mosul, as they attempt to drive Islamic State (IS) militants from the northern city. A correspondent traveling with the Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS)... -
OIC’s Saudi chief resigned days after infuriating Egypt
Nov 1, 2016News Hour: The world’s largest pan-Islamic body, the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, said its Saudi chief resigned on Monday, days after infuriating Egypt over a remark that mocked President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. OIC Secretary-General Iyad Madani... -
Police killed 8 prisoners accused of attempting to escape jail in Bhopal, India
Oct 31, 2016News Hour: Indian police killed eight prisoners accused of belonging to a banned group as they attempted to escape from a high-security jail in the central city of Bhopal. Authorities in the state of Madhya Pradesh said...
