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Putin and Erdogan discuss Syria by phone, Kremlin says
Dec 25, 2016News Hour: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan discussed the Syria crisis in a phone conversation on Sunday, the Kremlin said in a statement, reports Reuters. Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, who is visiting... -
Israel, angered by anti-settlement U.N. vote
Dec 25, 2016News Hour: Israel summoned the ambassadors of 10 nations to Jerusalem to reprimand them on Sunday and had more harsh words for the Obama administration over a U.N. Security Council resolution demanding an end to settlement-building.... -
An earthquake with magnitude of 7.7 Chile, USGS says
Dec 25, 2016News Hour: An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.7 struck 225 km (140 miles) southwest of Puerto Montt in southern Chile on Sunday, the United States Geological Survey said. A tsunami warning was issued for... -
Barack Obama and Michelle Obama sent their final Christmas salutations from the White House
Dec 25, 2016News Hour: US President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama sent their final Christmas salutations from the White House on Saturday, highlighting common values uniting Americans of all faiths. “The idea that we are our brother’s... -
Barack Obama and Shinzo Abe to pay tribute at Pearl Harbor
Dec 25, 2016News Hour: Seven months after President Barack Obama visited Hiroshima, the city where World War II all but ended, his Japanese counterpart is paying his respects at the site where the brutal conflict began. Prime Minster... -
Russian military plane crashed in the Black Sea with 91 people onboard
Dec 25, 2016News Hour: A Russian military plane crashed Sunday in the Black Sea as it made its way to Syria with 91 people onboard, including musicians heading to celebrate the New Year with troops. Local news agencies,... -
Santa Claus to visit Tehran on Christmas
Dec 25, 2016News Hour: Tehran might not seem like the most obvious pitstop for Santa Claus, but Iranians love the chintzy side of Christmas and it is also one of the safest places in the Middle East for... -
Platinum Partners arrests are scant consolation for alleged victims
Dec 24, 2016News Hour: When six executives of Platinum Partners, including founder Mark Nordlicht, were arrested on Monday on federal charges of running a more than $1 billion hedge fund fraud, people who had long alleged they were... -
Iran allows free foreign exchange at banks in move to unify rates
Dec 24, 2016News Hour: Iran authorized some banks on Saturday to deal in foreign exchange trading at a free-market rate, the central bank said, as authorities try to unify exchange rates. Iran operates two exchange rates, a free... -
Sixteen hurt in Christmas eve blast at Catholic church in Philippines
Dec 24, 2016News Hour: Sixteen people were wounded in a grenade explosion outside a Catholic church during a Christmas eve mass in the Philippines’ restive southern island of Mindanao, a priest and police said on Saturday. Security forces...
