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40 killed in Damascus bombing targeting Shi’ites
Mar 11, 2017News Hour: A double bomb attack targeting Shi’ite pilgrims in Damascus killed at least 40 Iraqis and wounded 120 more who were going to pray at a nearby shrine, the Iraqi foreign ministry said. There was... -
Opponents of South Korea’s ousted Park rally to call for her arrest
Mar 11, 2017News Hour: Opponents of South Korea’s ousted leader, Park Geun-hye rallied in the capital, Seoul, on Saturday to demand that she be arrested, a day after she was thrown out of office over a corruption scandal... -
2 men shot dead at a cafe in Basel in Switzerland
Mar 10, 2017News Hour: Two men shot dead two people and seriously injured a third on Thursday at a cafe in Basel, north-west Switzerland, police said as they hunt for the suspects. “Two men came into Cafe 56”... -
The Japanese and US navies are conducting joint exercises in the East China Sea
Mar 10, 2017News Hour: The Japanese and US navies are conducting joint exercises in the East China Sea as tension intensifies in the region following North Korea’s missile tests, local media reported on Friday. The two sides launched... -
Two of South Korean participants in a pro-Park Geun-hye rally passed away
Mar 10, 2017News Hour: Two of South Korean participants in a pro-Park Geun-hye rally held outside the constitutional court passed away, according to local media reports on Friday. The two died of unidentified reasons. They were taken to... -
Iran successfully test fires a naval missile,
Mar 9, 2017News Hour: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps has successfully test-fired a naval missile, the semi-official news agency Tasnim said on Thursday, a move likely to heighten concern in Washington, whose warship operate in the waters near Iran.... -
Air strikes southeast of Syria’s Raqqa kill 14
Mar 9, 2017News Hour: Air strikes killed 14 civilians, including six children, on Thursday in countryside around Raqqa city in northern Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The warplanes were believed to belong to the U.S.-led... -
Death toll from Kabul hospital attack rises to 49
Mar 9, 2017News Hour: The death toll from an attack on a military hospital in Kabul by gunmen dressed as medics has risen to 49 with dozens wounded, a senior health official said on Thursday. Salim Rassouli, director... -
More than 30 killed in Kabul hospital attack
Mar 8, 2017News Hour: More than 30 people were killed and dozens more wounded in Wednesday’s attack on a military hospital in the Afghan capital Kabul, a defense ministry official said, reports Reuters. Officials, who had earlier said... -
Iran’s foreign minister visits Qatar
Mar 8, 2017News Hour: Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif visited Qatar on Wednesday for talks with his Qatari counterpart and the Gulf Arab country’s ruler, Tasnim news agency reported Iranian President Hassan Rouhani visited Kuwait and Oman...
