War & Conflict
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Venezuela postpones currency move after chaos
Dec 18, 2016News Hour: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro suspended on Saturday the elimination of the country’s largest denomination bill, which had sparked cash shortages and nationwide unrest, saying the measure would be postponed until early January. The surprise... -
Israeli settlers agree to government deal to leave illegal outpost
Dec 18, 2016News Hour: Settlers due to be evicted from an outpost in the occupied West Bank under an Israeli court order accepted a government-proposed deal on Sunday to head off a forced evacuation and confrontation with troops.... -
Ten policemen in Egypt charged with torturing man to death
Dec 18, 2016News Hour: Ten policemen in Egypt have been charged with torturing a man to death at a police station in Cairo in November, a judicial source and the victim’s lawyer said on Sunday. Rights groups say... -
Several people wounded in a car bombing close to a public bus in Kayseri, Turkey
Dec 17, 2016News Hour: Several people were wounded on Saturday in a car bombing close to a public bus in the central Turkish city of Kayseri, television reports said. Initial television pictures showed that the bus had been... -
5 female airport workers along with a driver killed in shooting in Kandahar
Dec 17, 2016News Hour: Five female airport workers along with a driver were killed after gunmen fired bullets on their vehicle in Kandahar city, the capital of Afghanistan’s southern province of Kandahar, on Saturday, sources said. “The firing occurred... -
Desperate Venezuelans looted delivery trucks and clashed with police due to cash crisis
Dec 17, 2016News Hour: Desperate Venezuelans looted delivery trucks and clashed with police on Friday as a botched plan to introduce new banknotes left people without cash — the latest shortage in a spiraling economic crisis. Faced with... -
Syrian rebels announced a new evacuation deal for Aleppo civilians
Dec 15, 2016News Hour: Syrian rebels announced a new evacuation deal for Aleppo civilians and the injured on Wednesday after shelling and air strikes sent terrified residents running through the city’s streets. However a source close to Syria’s government... -
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...