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News Hour: Veteran politician and Awami League leader Suranjit Sengupta died here today at a private hospital in Dhaka. He was 72. Family and hospital sources said Sengupta, who was suffering from cancer, breathed his last...

News Hour: A federal judge in Seattle on Friday ordered a temporary, nationwide halt to President Donald Trump’s ban on travelers from seven Muslim-majority countries, in the most severe blow to the controversial measure. The temporary...

News Hour: U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis wrapped up a visit to Japan on Saturday reaffirming Washington’s commitment to its defense treaty with Tokyo amid concerns about President Donald Trump’s approach to the region and the...

News Hour: Romanians have protested in huge numbers this week against government decrees that many fear will undermine the long battle against a scourge that has long plagued the EU country: corruption. The biggest demonstrations since...

News Hour: Myanmar’s four-month military crackdown on Rohingya Muslims has likely killed hundreds of people, the UN said on Friday in a report detailing horrific abuses allegedly committed against civilians in Rakhine state. “The ‘area clearance...

News Hour: A US federal judge on Thursday extended until February 21 a stay on visa holders from seven Muslim-majority countries and refugees being deported under President Donald Trump’s travel ban. Judge Carol Bagley Amon took...

News Hour: An Iranian man denied entry into the United States following President Donald Trump’s travel ban was back in Los Angeles on Thursday — the first person allowed to return to the country under a...

News Hour: Jewish people in a small Texas city handed Muslim worshippers the keys to their synagogue after the town’s only mosque was destroyed in a fire. The Victoria Islamic Centre burned down on Saturday and had...

News Hour: The White House said on Monday that President Trump would leave in place a 2014 Obama administration order that created new workplace protections for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people. In a statement issued...

News Hour: Authorities in Tajikistan said Monday that at least seven people were killed in a series of avalanches that hit the mountainous Central Asian country over the weekend. Avalanches killed at least five people on...