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News Hour: Authorities in several French towns have implemented bans on the garment, which covers the body and head, citing concerns about religious clothing in the wake of recent terrorist killings in the country. The images...

News Hour: The Philippines has recorded about 1,900 drug-related killings since President Rodrigo Duterte took office seven weeks ago and launched a war on narcotics, far higher than previously believed, according to police figures, reports Aljazeera....

News Hour: The head of the Organization of American States denounced corruption and violence in Venezuela on Monday, saying a 14-year prison term for an opposition leader there marked the end of democracy in the country,...

News Hour: Turkey shelled Islamic State positions in Syria on Tuesday for a second day, in response to mortar fire from across the border, reports BSS. Two mortar rounds hit the southeastern Turkish town of Karkamis,...

News Hour: A so-called “death squad” established within the Peruvian National Police has executed at least 20 criminals extrajudicially, amid a growing wave of insecurity in the South American country, the interior ministry found. Earlier this...

News Hour: An American soldier was killed on Tuesday during an anti-Taliban operation near the capital of the southern Afghan province of Helmand, US-led NATO forces said, reports BSS. The news comes after NATO on Monday...

News Hour: Former French leader Nicolas Sarkozy announced on Monday he will seek the nomination of his centre-right party to stand in next year’s presidential election, reports BSS. “I have decided to be a candidate in...

News Hour: Former Singapore president S. R. Nathan, whose colourful career included stints as a spymaster and diplomat, died in hospital on Monday, the government said in a statement, reports BSS. The 92-year-old veteran public servant,...

News Hour: A powerful typhoon struck near Tokyo on Monday, the first for 11 years to hit the densely populated region, temporarily shutting down Japan’s biggest airport and grounding more than 500 flights nationwide, reports BSS....

News Hour: Turkish authorities were on Monday scrambling to ascertain the identity of a child suicide bomber acting on the orders of Islamic State (IS) jihadists who killed 51 people at a crowded Kurdish wedding, reports...