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News Hour: Bangladeshi joint force troops say they have cleared Holey Artisan Bakery in the capital Dhaka, where gunmen took hostages including foreigners on friday, reports BBC. About 35 people were taken hostage, including about 20...

News Hour: Hundreds of troops have stormed a cafe in the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, where gunmen took at least 20 hostages on Friday, security officials say, reports BBC and other local and international news agencies. Explosions...

News Hour: Clashes between police and factory workers in Bolivia on Wednesday resulted in dozens of injuries and arrests during protests against policies under President Evo Morales, various sources reported. The incidents took place in the city...

News Hour: US President Barack Obama warned on Wednesday against isolationist tendencies in America and elsewhere, calling it “the wrong medicine” to fix legitimate concerns about globalization, reports BSS. While Obama did not mention Donald Trump...

News Hour: Leading Brexit campaigner and Justice Minister Michael Gove on Thursday announced a surprise bid to succeed David Cameron as British prime minister, launching a sensational attack on referendum ally Boris Johnson, who is also...

News Hour: Mexico’s Supreme Court rejected a proposal to legalize abortion on Wednesday but suggested more debate on the issue in the country boasting the world’s second-largest Catholic population, reports BSS. Justices of the court’s first...

News Hour: At least five people were killed in multiple suicide bombings on Monday in eastern Lebanon near the border with Syria, officials said. At least four suicide blasts hit the predominantly Christian village of Al-Qaa,...

News Hour: Australia’s ruling party on Monday used the Brexit vote to warn against voting for Labor in upcoming elections as a poll showed the Liberals ahead for the first time in a drawn-out campaign, reports...

News Hour: A Singapore Airlines plane caught fire on Monday while making an emergency landing at Changi Airport after turning back from a flight to Milan following an engine oil warning message, the carrier said, reports...

News Hour: Two head-to-head polls released Sunday showed a resurgent Hillary Clinton taking a lead in the US presidential race, after a tumultuous month for Donald Trump, who has failed to rally confidence among voters or...