War & Conflict

News Hour: A woman was killed and five people injured in a knife attack in central London Wednesday which police said they are investigating for possible terrorist links. A man was arrested at the scene, Russell...

News Hour: Libyan pro-government forces battled to retake territory in the Islamic State group stronghold Sirte on Wednesday, but faced fierce resistance from jihadist snipers and mines, reports BSS. Fighters allied to Libya’s UN-backed Government of...

News Hour: Ferney Santa knows how hard it is to start over. He was forced to flee his home twice by fighters in Colombia’s long civil war. That’s why he is now ready to reconcile with...

News Hour: At least 20 Islamic State (IS) suspects were detained on Thursday in an anti-terror operation in the south of Turkey, reports BSS The anti-terror police, supported by a helicopter, raided 22 IS hideouts simultaneously...

News Hour: Taliban militants attacked a group of 12 American and European tourists escorted by an Afghan army convoy in western Herat province on Thursday, leaving at least seven people wounded as the insurgents step up...

News Hour: Syrian regime forces backed by heavy Russian air raids recaptured a series of hilltops and villages on the southwest edges of Aleppo city from rebel groups, a monitor said on Wednesday, reports BSS. The...

News Hour: Five Islamists were killed as Nigerian troops thwarted a Boko Haram attack near the northeastern city of Maiduguri, the epicentre of the seven-year insurgency, the army said on Tuesday, reports BSS. “Troops of Operation...

News Hour: A massive Taliban truck bomb struck a hotel for foreigners on the outskirts of Kabul on early Monday, officials said, just days after the deadliest attack in the Afghan capital for 15 years, reports...

News Hour: US-backed forces have taken control of 40 percent of Manbij after new advances against areas controlled by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in the key Syrian city near the Turkish border,...

News Hour: A Syrian maternity hospital in a rebel-held area of Idlib province has been extensively damaged after a direct hit, according to the international charity Save the Children, which supports the facility, reports Aljazeera. The...