War & Conflict
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China installs weapons systems on artificial islands – U.S. think tank
Dec 14, 2016News Hour: China appears to have installed weapons, including anti-aircraft and anti-missile systems, on all seven of the artificial islands it has built in the South China Sea, a U.S. think tank reported on Wednesday, citing... -
Iran to work on nuclear-powered marine vessels after U.S. ‘violation’ of deal
Dec 14, 2016News Hour: Iran ordered its scientists on Tuesday to start developing systems for nuclear-powered marine vessels in response to what it calls a U.S. violation of its landmark 2015 atomic deal with world powers. Nuclear experts... -
Syrian army accused of ‘slaughter’ of civilians in Aleppo
Dec 13, 2016News Hour: The United Nations said on Tuesday it had reports that Syrian government troops and an allied Iraqi militia had deliberately shot dead scores of men, women and children in eastern Aleppo, and warned the... -
Iraqi Shi’ite forces aim to clear border strip with Syria
Dec 13, 2016News Hour: Iraqi Shi’ite forces fighting Islamic State west of Mosul aim to clear a large strip of land on the border with Syria to prevent the militants melting into the remote desert region and using... -
Bombing at largest Coptic cathedral in Cairo killed at least 25 people
Dec 12, 2016News Hour: A bombing at Cairo’s largest Coptic cathedral killed at least 25 people and wounded 49, many of them women and children attending Sunday mass, in the deadliest attack on Egypt’s Christian minority in years.... -
UN urged Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi to visit northern Rakhine state
Dec 9, 2016News Hour: The UN has urged Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi to visit northern Rakhine state, where the army is accused of carrying out a brutal crackdown on the Muslim Rohingya minority. The... -
30 people killed by Boko Haram suicide attack in Nigeria
Dec 9, 2016News Hour: At least 30 people were killed on Friday when two female suicide bombers detonated their explosives in a busy market in northeast Nigeria, the military said. “At least 30 people have been killed in... -
11 people died in northern Myanmar in escalating clashes
Dec 8, 2016News Hour: At least 11 people have died this month in northern Myanmar in escalating clashes between security forces and armed insurgents that have undercut Aung San Suu Kyi’s bid for peace. Thousands have fled their... -
6 people gunned down over 24 hours by suspected militants in Thailand
Dec 7, 2016News Hour: Six people were gunned down over 24 hours by suspected militants in a string of separate shootings in Thailand’s insurgency-plagued southern provinces, authorities said on Wednesday. The kingdom’s far south has witnessed a Malay-Muslim... -
Mexican police killed 14 suspected criminals in a shootout
Dec 6, 2016News Hour: Mexican police working with military troops killed 14 suspected criminals in a shootout in the crime-plagued state of Veracruz on Monday, officials said. Authorities have stepped up antidrug patrols in the Gulf coast state,...
