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News Hour: Influential conservative columnist George Will says he is leaving the Republican Party over Donald Trump’s polarizing presidential campaign and urged others to follow suit, even if it means rival Democrats take the White House,...

News Hour: At least 35 people died when a tour bus caught fire after ramming into a guardrail in China, state media reported. Two children are among the dead, reports CNN. An additional 11 people were...

News Hour: Iraqi forces recaptured the last district held by Islamic State militants in the city of Falluja on Sunday and the general commanding the operation declared the battle complete after nearly five weeks of fighting,...

News Hour: People across Spain are casting their ballots for the second time in six months, in a closely watched election just days after Britain’s shock decision to exit the European Union, reports Aljazeera. The election...

News Hour: The Nigerian army says it has rescued more than 5,000 people who were being held hostage by Boko Haram following a clearing operation in four remote villages in the northeastern Borno state, reports Aljazeera....

News Hour: China based The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank’s Board of Directors today approved its first 4 loans totaling $509 million to finance 4 projects: Power, Transport and Urban Investments span South, Southeast and Central Asia...

News Hour: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a new $275 million loan for water efficiency improvements in Dhaka that will build on ongoing ADB projects to expand water supply in the fast-growing city. “Dhaka,...

News Hour: Britain has voted to break out of the European Union, national media declared on Friday, striking a thunderous blow against the bloc and spreading alarm through markets as sterling plummeted to a 31-year low...

News Hour: Seven Indonesian sailors have been kidnapped at sea in the southern Philippines, the government in Jakarta said on Friday, the latest in a spree of abductions by armed gangs in the strife-torn region, reports BSS....

News Hour: Emergency personnel mounted rescue efforts amid scenes of carnage on Friday as the toll from hurricane-force winds and a tornado in China rose to at least 98 dead, with hundreds more injured, reports BSS....