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News Hour: The Australian designer of the burkini said she has enjoyed increased sales of the body-covering swimwear for Muslim women since three French cities banned it. The mayors of Cannes, Villeneuve-Loubet and the Corsican seaside...

News Hour: A tremor jolted Dhaka and other parts of the country this afternoon. The earthquake was felt at 4:37pm. The epicenter of the 6.8 magnitude earthquake was at 25km West of Chauk, Myanmar and 500km...

News Hour: The largest program of the Clinton Foundation, the family philanthropy of U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, is still weighing whether to continue accepting foreign donations should Clinton be elected, a spokeswoman said on...

News Hour: Authorities in several French towns have implemented bans on the garment, which covers the body and head, citing concerns about religious clothing in the wake of recent terrorist killings in the country. The images...

News Hour: The Philippines has recorded about 1,900 drug-related killings since President Rodrigo Duterte took office seven weeks ago and launched a war on narcotics, far higher than previously believed, according to police figures, reports Aljazeera....

News Hour: The leader of the Boko Haram group is believed to be fatally wounded in an air strike carried out by the Nigerian military in the country’s northeast, according to official sources, reports Aljazeera. Government...

News Hour: The head of the Organization of American States denounced corruption and violence in Venezuela on Monday, saying a 14-year prison term for an opposition leader there marked the end of democracy in the country,...

News Hour: Turkey shelled Islamic State positions in Syria on Tuesday for a second day, in response to mortar fire from across the border, reports BSS. Two mortar rounds hit the southeastern Turkish town of Karkamis,...

News Hour: A so-called “death squad” established within the Peruvian National Police has executed at least 20 criminals extrajudicially, amid a growing wave of insecurity in the South American country, the interior ministry found. Earlier this...

News Hour: An American soldier was killed on Tuesday during an anti-Taliban operation near the capital of the southern Afghan province of Helmand, US-led NATO forces said, reports BSS. The news comes after NATO on Monday...