War & Conflict
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IS claimed rocket attack that killed 3 Turkish soldiers in Syria
Sep 7, 2016News Hour: The Islamic State group has claimed a rocket attack that killed three Turkish soldiers in Syria, its first deadly attack on Turkish forces since they crossed the border two weeks ago, reports BSS. “Soldiers... -
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... -
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... -
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,... -
String of bomb attacks hit across Syria killing 48 people
Sep 5, 2016News Hour: A string of bomb attacks hit across mostly government-controlled areas of Syria on Monday, killing several dozen people including at least 35 in President Bashar al-Assad’s coastal stronghold of Tartus, reports BSS. At least... -
4,000 more UN peacekeepers accepted by South Sudan
Sep 5, 2016News Hour: South Sudan has agreed to allow 4,000 additional UN peacekeepers enter the country, after first rejecting the regional protection force as a breach of national sovereignty, reports Aljazeera. The announcement late on Sunday came... -
North Korea fired 3 ballistic missiles off its east coast
Sep 5, 2016News Hour: North Korea fired three ballistic missiles off its east coast on Monday, Seoul said, a new show of force that comes as top world leaders meet at the G20 summit in China, reports BSS.... -
6 al-Qaida suspects killed in US drone strike in Yemen
Sep 5, 2016News Hour: A U.S. drone strike killed at least six suspected al-Qaida operators overnight in Yemen’s northeast province of Marib, a security official said on Monday, reports BSS. The drone strike launched late Sunday night in...
