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Islamist rebels and jihadists in Syria are guilty of war crimes, says Amnesty
Jul 5, 2016News Hour: Islamist rebels and jihadists in Syria are guilty of war crimes, Amnesty International said in a report on Tuesday, accusing them of “a chilling wave of abductions, torture and summary killings”, reports BSS. The... -
Israel approved hundreds of new settler homes following attacks
Jul 5, 2016News Hour: Israel has approved hundreds of new settler homes in the occupied West Bank, an official said on Monday, in a move denounced by UN chief Ban Ki-moon and likely to further raise tensions following... -
Senate candidate of Haiti was the mastermind behind attack on police station
Jul 5, 2016News Hour: Haitian senate candidate Guy Philippe was the mastermind behind an attack on a police station that left one officer dead and two injured, police announced on Monday, reports BSS. “This attack was planned during... -
Barrage of rockets targeted camp of exiles of Iran in Iraq
Jul 5, 2016News Hour: A barrage of rockets targeted a camp housing members of an Iranian opposition group near Baghdad on Monday, injuring several people, an Iraqi security spokesman and the exiles said, reports BSS. The People’s Mujahedeen... -
Explosions hit the Saudi city of Medina and Qatif
Jul 5, 2016News Hour: A suicide bomber has attacked the Saudi city of Medina, close to the Prophet’s Mosque, one of Islam’s holiest sites, according to local media reports. The bomber detonated his device as security officers were breaking... -
Explosion heard in Saudi city of Qatif, body parts seen
Jul 4, 2016News Hour: Two explosions shook the city of Qatif in eastern Saudi Arabia, where many of the kingdom’s Shi’ite Muslim minority live, and witnesses said body parts could be seen in the area of the blast.... -
People to pay tribute to the terror victims of Dhaka Attack
Jul 4, 2016News Hour: People cutting across their social background and foreign nationals in Dhaka, Bangladesh today rallied for the second day around the scene of Friday night’s hostage massacre in Gulshan to pay respect to the terror... -
Grenade attack on restaurant in Malaysia is linked to IS
Jul 4, 2016News Hour: Malaysian police said on Monday that, a recent hand grenade attack on a restaurant was linked to the Islamic State group, after initially saying the incident was not terror related, reports BSS. “There were... -
More than 200 people killed in suicide bombing in Baghdad claimed by IS
Jul 4, 2016News Hour: At least 213 people were killed in Sunday’s Baghdad suicide bombing claimed by the Islamic State group, officials said, making it one of the deadliest ever militant attacks in Iraq, reports BSS. The suicide... -
Suicide bombing near the US consulate in Saudi Arabia
Jul 4, 2016News Hour: A suicide bomber blew himself up near the American consulate in Saudi Arabia’s western city of Jeddah in the early hours of US Independence Day on Monday, wounding two security officers, reports BSS. The...
