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First case of a pregnant woman with Zika reported in Malaysia
Sep 7, 2016News Hour: Malaysia on Wednesday reported its first case of a pregnant woman with Zika — a resident of a Malaysian state bordering Singapore where authorities are grappling with scores of cases, reports BSS. The 27-year-old... -
4 marine police missing and reportedly killed after attack in Nigeria oil region
Sep 7, 2016News Hour: Four marine police were missing and reportedly killed after gunmen believed to be pirates stole their boat in southern Nigeria, police said on Wednesday, reports BSS. The officers were on patrol in the Abonnema... -
25 killed in seperate bus and train accident in Egypt
Sep 7, 2016News Hour: At least 22 people were killed in a bus collision and three died when a train derailed in separate accidents south of Cairo on Wednesday during a busy holiday travel time, reports BSS. The... -
Hurricane Newton swirled toward Mexico’s resorts
Sep 6, 2016News Hour: Hurricane Newton swirled toward Mexico’s popular northwestern resorts of Los Cabos on Monday, prompting authorities to close schools and airports two years after a powerful storm pummeled the region, reports BSS. The US National... -
One person killed in ongoing attack on charity in central Kabul
Sep 6, 2016News Hour: At least one person has been killed in an ongoing attack on a charity in central Kabul, the interior ministry said on Tuesday, after a wave of explosions hit the Afghan capital, reports BSS.... -
4 year old girl killed after bomb detonated outside a school in Thailand
Sep 6, 2016News Hour: A four-year-old girl was among two people killed after a bomb hidden in a motorcycle was detonated outside a school in Thailand’s insurgency-plagued south, authorities said on Tuesday, reports BSS. The device, packed in... -
Buddhist hardliners booed former UN chief Kofi Annan in Myanmar
Sep 6, 2016News Hour: Hundreds of Buddhist hardliners booed former UN chief Kofi Annan as he arrived in Myanmar’s troubled Rakhine state on Tuesday to probe religious conflict that has displaced tens of thousands of Muslim Rohingya, reports... -
Donald Trump landed ahead of Hillary Clinton in a new poll
Sep 6, 2016News Hour: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump landed just ahead of Democrat Hillary Clinton in a new national poll released on Tuesday, which showed the real estate mogul chiseling away at his opponent’s former lead, reports... -
Pro-democracy groups retained their one-third veto bloc in Hong Kong
Sep 5, 2016News Hour: Pro-democracy groups have retained their one-third veto bloc in Hong Kong’s 70-seat Legislative Council (Legco) following an election marked by a record voter turnout and the emergence of candidates calling for independence from China,... -
Suicide attack kills at least 24 people in Kabul, Afghanistan
Sep 5, 2016News Hour: Two Taliban suicide bombers blew themselves up close to the Afghan defence ministry in Kabul during late afternoon rush hour, killing at least 24 people and wounding 91 others, according to health ministry officials,...
