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Two ‘dangerous terrorists’ killed in Saudi security operation
Jan 7, 2017News Hour: Two “dangerous terrorists” were killed in a Saudi security operation in the capital Riyadh on Saturday, the Saudi state news agency SPA reported, citing an Interior Ministry spokesman. The agency said a security officer... -
Putin directed cyber campaign to help Trump
Jan 7, 2017News Hour: Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an effort to help Republican Donald Trump’s electoral chances by discrediting Democrat Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential campaign, U.S. intelligence agencies said in an assessment. Russia’s objectives were... -
Ghana swears in Akufo-Addo as president
Jan 7, 2017News Hour: Nana Akufo-Addo was sworn in as Ghana’s president on Saturday in a ceremony attended by dozens of African leaders, sealing a rare peaceful transfer of power in a region plagued by political crises. Akufo-Addo,... -
Investigators search for motive in Florida airport shooting
Jan 7, 2017News Hour: Federal investigators will on Saturday pursue all angles in determining the motives behind a mass shooting in which an attacker opened fire in a crowded baggage claim area at Fort Lauderdale’s airport, killing five... -
Horror but scant surprise at links to nightclub shooter, In Istanbul district
Jan 7, 2017News Hour: In a working-class Istanbul neighborhood that Central Asian migrants have called home for decades, there is horror but scant surprise that a gunman who killed 39 people in a nightclub on New Year’s Day... -
Shooting breaks out at army camp in Ivory Coast’s main city
Jan 7, 2017News Hour: Gunfire broke out at a military base in Ivory Coast’s commercial capital, Abidjan, on Saturday, a soldier and a local resident said, as unrest triggered by soldiers demanding wage increases and bonuses appeared to... -
Britain’s health service in a ‘humanitarian crisis’
Jan 7, 2017News Hour: Britain’s health service is engulfed in a “humanitarian crisis” that requires the support of the Red Cross to use Land Rovers to transport patients, the charity said on Saturday. Founded in 1948, the National... -
Iraq war veteran accused of killing five at Ft. Lauderdale airport
Jan 7, 2017News Hour: An Iraq war veteran took a gun out of his checked luggage and opened fire in a crowded baggage claim area at Fort Lauderdale’s airport on Friday, killing five people, months after he showed... -
Gunmen kill eight Hazara miners in Afghanistan
Jan 7, 2017News Hour: Unidentified gunmen killed eight members of Afghanistan’s Hazara minority who were working as miners in the northern province of Baghlan, a local government official said. Faiz Mohammad Amiri, governor of Taleh va Barfak district,... -
33 inmates killed in new Brazil prison riot
Jan 6, 2017News Hour: At least 33 inmates were killed in a prison riot in Brazil on Friday, officials said, possibly in retaliation after members of a powerful drug gang were targeted in the worst prison massacre in...
