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News Hour: Fifty-five people were killed and almost 600 injured when a packed Cameroon passenger train derailed on Friday, leaving debris strewn across nearby tracks as carriages swung off the rails. The train, travelling from the...

News Hour: Countess Raine Spencer, the stepmother of Diana, princess of Wales with whom she had a rocky relationship, has died aged 87, her family said. The aristocrat died peacefully at her London home on Friday...

News Hour: The town says two chemicals were inadvertently mixed together causing a reaction at MGP Ingredients Inc. Authorities say the spill has been mitigated and no serious injuries have been reported. At least 34 have...

News Hour: Islamic State launched a major attack on the city of Kirkuk on Friday as Iraqi and Kurdish forces pursued operations to seize territory around Mosul in preparation for an offensive on the jihadists’ last...

News Hour: The Pentagon on Thursday identified the two Americans killed in Afghanistan earlier this week as a US Army sergeant and a civilian employee of the army. They were Sergeant Douglas Riney, 26, and Michael...

News Hour: A Russian naval task group including the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier was being shadowed through the North Sea by British warships on Thursday as it headed for the Syrian coast. The eight-strong group was...

News Hour: Democrat Hillary Clinton warned on Wednesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin is rooting for Donald Trump in the race for the White House because the Republican would be his “puppet.” In a ferocious debate...

News Hour: Kurdish forces launched a fresh push against areas held by the Islamic State group around Mosul on Thursday, pressing an offensive to retake the jihadists’ last major stronghold in Iraq. AFP reporters said peshmerga...

News Hour: Turkish airstrikes hit Democratic Union Party (PYD) and People’s Protection Units (YPG) targets, killing nearly 200 militants in northwestern Syria in the early hours on Thursday, state-run Anadolu Agency reported. In the air operation...

News Hour: Moscow announced on Tuesday that Russian and Syrian air forces have stopped bombing Aleppo ahead of a brief truce, a move the Kremlin said showed “goodwill” as it faces mounting criticism for backing a...