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News Hour:  Police in Alabama arrested six civil rights activists staging a sit-in at Senator Jeff Sessions’ office on Tuesday to protest his nomination for U.S. Attorney General, criticizing his record on voting rights and race...

News Hour: Turkey has established the identity of the gunman who killed 39 people in an Istanbul nightclub on New Year’s Day, its foreign minister said on Wednesday, as police detained suspected Islamic State members of...

News Hour: A Giant ‘megathrust’ fault is discovered in the Earth’s crust under Bangladesh which is the most densely populated part of the globe. An earthquake made from this fault can wipe out ten millions of...

News Hour: U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s “clear warning” to North Korea shows he is aware of the urgency of the threat posed by its nuclear program and will not waver from a policy of sanctions against...

News Hour: A strong earthquake has rocked different regions of Bangladesh, including the capital Dhaka, leaving high-rise buildings shaken in the cities and leading to panic among citizens. The 5.5-magnitude tremor, with its epicenter in 16 Km...

News Hour: The fire at Gulshan-1 Dhaka North City Corporation market still out of control since it began in the wee hours. Businessmen fear the incident was an act of sabotage. The market that houses over...

News Hour: U.S. President Barack Obama will deliver a farewell address on Jan. 10 to reflect on his time in office and say thank you to his supporters, he said in an email statement released on...

News Hour: Around 60 people have been killed in a bloody prison riot sparked by a war between rival drug gangs in the Amazon jungle city of Manaus, officials said on Monday, in some of the...

News Hour: Islamic State claimed responsibility on Monday for a New Year’s Day mass shooting in a packed Istanbul nightclub that killed 39 people, an attack carried out by a lone gunman who remains at large....

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...