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News Hour: Thousands of people crammed into New York City’s Times Square on Saturday, in a raucous atmosphere with tight security, for the traditional ball drop. At about 6:00 pm (2300 GMT), the giant sphere was...

News Hour: South Korea’s acting president pledged a return to stability on Sunday in a New Year message aimed at reassuring the country after a political crisis triggered President Park Geun-Hye’s impeachment. Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-Ahn...

News Hour: At least one gunman shot his way into an Istanbul nightclub packed with hundreds of New Year’s revelers on Sunday, killing 35 people and wounding more than 40 in what the provincial governor described...

News Hour: Two bombs exploded at a busy market in central Baghdad on Saturday, killing at least 25 people and wounding more than 50, police and medics said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but...

Israel’s anti-terrorism directorate on Friday issued a travel warning for India, citing an immediate threat of attack to Western and tourist targets, particularly in the south-west of the country. “A particular emphasis should be put on...

News Hour: Serbia’s centers for housing migrants are completely full, the U.N. refugee agency said, leaving more than a thousand facing a winter sleeping rough in the Balkan country that has become a bottleneck as the...

News Hour: Russia’s foreign ministry has requested President Vladimir Putin turf out 35 American diplomats from the country in a tit-for-tat response to a similar move by Washington over hacking allegations, Moscow’s top diplomat said on...

News Hour: At least nine Indian miners were killed and nearly two dozen trapped when mine waste collapsed at a coalfield run by state-owned Coal India Limited, officials said on Friday, hitting production at one of...

News Hour: President Barack Obama on Thursday unleashed a barrage of retaliatory measures against Moscow for meddling in the US election, imposing sanctions on two intelligence agencies, expelling 35 agents and shuttering two Russian compounds inside...

News Hour: The UN’s Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura praised a nationwide ceasefire deal announced on Thursday and voiced hope it would help aid reach civilians across the war-ravaged country, reports BSS. “The Special Envoy welcomes...