War & Conflict
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Myanmar’s ethnic minorities gathered in the capital for peace talks with the government
Aug 31, 2016News Hour: Hundreds of representatives of Myanmar’s ethnic minorities have gathered in the country’s capital for peace talks with the government aimed at ending decades of separatist insurgencies that have claimed thousands of lives, reports Aljazeera.... -
At least 10 killed in suicide bombing in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu
Aug 30, 2016News Hour: At least 10 people have been killed in a suicide bombing near the Somali president’s palace in Mogadishu, which caused a huge blast and destroyed two hotels nearby, according to police. Reuters news agency... -
Death toll in ISIL’s Aden bombing rises to 70 in Yemen
Aug 30, 2016News Hour: The death toll in a suicide car bomb attack on an army training camp in Yemen’s port city of Aden has risen to 70, according to medical sources. The incident took place at a... -
Pentagon calls for end to clashes between Turkish military and US-backed Kurdish-led alliance
Aug 30, 2016News Hour: The US defence secretary has called on Turkey and Kurdish forces in northern Syria to stay focused on fighting the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group and not to target each... -
Car exploded near Chinese embassy in Kyrgyzstan
Aug 30, 2016News Hour: An explosion has occurred around the Chinese embassy in the Kyrgyzstan capital of Bishkek, reports Interfax news agency citing a local emergency ministry’s representative. There are no confirmed casualty figures yet, reports Aljazeera. “The... -
Iran deployed recently delivered long-range missile to Fordo nuclear facility
Aug 29, 2016News Hour: Tehran has deployed a recently delivered Russian-made long-range missile system to central Iran to protect its Fordo nuclear facility, state television said on Sunday, reports BSS. Protecting nuclear facilities is paramount “in all circumstances”... -
60 killed in army recruitment center in Yemen by IS bombing
Aug 29, 2016News Hour: An Islamic State group militant rammed his explosives-laden car into an army recruitment center in Aden on Monday, killing 60 people in the deadliest jihadist attack to hit the city in over a year,... -
Germany brought charges against teen attacker linked to IS
Aug 29, 2016News Hour: German federal prosecutors said on Monday they had brought charges against a 16-year-old girl who allegedly stabbed a policeman in February in an operation for the Islamic State jihadist group, reports BSS. The German-Moroccan... -
Turkish shelling and air strikes killed at least 40 Syrians
Aug 28, 2016News Hour: Turkish shelling and air strikes killed at least 40 Syrians on Sunday, a monitor said, in the first significant civilian casualties in Turkey’s intensifying campaign in northern Syria, reports BSS. Turkey’s state-run Anadolu news... -
Soldiers killed in roadside bombing in Paraguay
Aug 28, 2016News Hour: Eight Paraguayan soldiers have been killed in a roadside bombing, according to the government, in an attack blamed on a Marxist armed group, reports Aljazeera. Francisco de Vargas, the interior minister, said on Saturday...
