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News Hour: Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi will pay an official visit to China from August 17 to 21 at the invitation of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lu Kang announced on...

News Hour: Four Turkish police officers and two civilians were killed on Monday in a car bombing outside the southeastern city of Diyarbakir blamed on Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) rebels, the government said, reports BSS. The...

News Hour: A moderate 5.2 magnitude earthquake in Peru killed at least nine people and left 40 injured, crushing villagers under rubble and blocking roads, officials said on Monday. The quake knocked down about 50 homes...

News Hour: A magnitude 5.6 undersea earthquake struck Japan on Monday off the coast of Fukushima prefecture, though there were no immediate reports of damages, reports BSS. The quake struck at about 4:00 pm (0700 GMT)...

News Hour: Jamaica’s Usain Bolt won his third back to back Olympic gold medal in the 100 metres with a time of 9.81 seconds on Sunday. Bolt will leave the Olympic stage a triple 100m champion...

News Hour: Police are evacuating Terminal 8 at JFK airport in New York after Port Authority Police received a call of shots fired in the departures area, according to spokesman Joe Pentangelo, reports CNN. There are...

News Hour: Milwaukee was on edge on Sunday after angry crowds took to the streets, throwing rocks and torching buildings in protest over a deadly police shooting in this midwestern US city, reports BSS. The latest...

News Hour: US Vice President Joe Biden is expected to visit Turkey later this month, the Turkish prime minister said Saturday, as relations between the two countries are strained over Ankara’s demand to extradite an exiled...

News Hour: The Philippines has vowed to investigate reports of a wave of extrajudicial killings, the government said on Sunday, after Washington warned military aid to its Asian ally was dependent on respect for human rights,...

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...