War & Conflict

News Hour: Saudi-led air strikes on a school in a rebel-held province of northern Yemen have killed 10 children and wounded 28 others, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said on Sunday, reports BSS. “We received 10 dead...

News Hour: Nineteen people have been killed in clashes between police and militia in the centre of the Democratic Republic of Congo, authorities said, reports BSS. The dead included the leader of the militia group, Kamwina...

News Hour: Some 11 Taliban insurgents had been killed in two separate airstrikes in Afghanistan, reports BSS. “On Saturday, Afghan army air force conducted an air raid attack against the militants’ position in Pasaband district, western...

News Hour: A lone gunman executed a revered Queens imam and his friend as the pair walked home from Saturday prayers, blasting each in the back of the head without a word, officials said. Mosque leader...

News Hour: Brazilian police said on Thursday they took two people into custody on suspicion of terrorism offences as part of an operation to ensure security during the Olympic Games in Rio, reports BSS. Five other...

News Hour: A string of bomb attacks targeting Thailand’s crucial tourism industry have killed four people, officials said on Friday, sending authorities scrambling to identify a motive and find the perpetrators, reports BSS. Twin bombs exploded...

News Hour: A suspected local chief of the notorious Zetas cartel was arrested on Wednesday in connection with the murder of a journalist, reports BSS. Soldiers acting under a court order captured the suspect — identified...

News Hour: Canadian police shot dead an alleged Islamic State sympathizer who was about to activate an explosive device in Ontario late on Wednesday, media reports said as police confirmed thwarting a “potential terror threat”, reports...

News Hour: At least five people were killed and 30 were wounded when a bomb went off at a major hospital in the southwest Pakistani city of Quetta, a senior official said, adding the death toll...

News Hour: An airstrike on a hospital in northwestern Syria on Saturday killed 10 people, including children, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The hospital, in the town of Meles, is about 15 km from...