News
-
UN to immediately begin work on new raft of sanctions on North Korea
Sep 10, 2016News Hour: The UN Security Council agreed on Friday to immediately begin work on a new raft of sanctions on North Korea after its fifth nuclear test drew global condemnation. During a meeting behind closed doors,... -
North Korean nuclear test created 5.3 magnitude quake in surrounded area
Sep 9, 2016News Hour: North Korea conducted its fifth nuclear test on Friday, setting off a blast that was more powerful than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima, and said it had mastered the ability to mount a warhead... -
More than 100 countries pledged to clear cluster munitions by 2030
Sep 8, 2016News Hour: More than 100 countries pledged on Wednesday to clear unexploded cluster munitions used in conflict zones worldwide by 2030, a new step in the unfinished battle to prevent deaths by the weapons, reports BSS.... -
Donald Trump is not suitable to be president, says Obama
Sep 8, 2016News Hour: Outgoing President Barack Obama condemned Donald Trump as unsuitable to be commander-in-chief on Thursday after the Republican nominee blasted US military brass and praised Vladimir Putin, reports BSS. “I don’t think the guy’s qualified to be... -
Barack Obama met a survivor maimed by American bombs dropped on Laos
Sep 7, 2016News Hour: US president Barack Obama on Wednesday met a survivor maimed by American bombs covertly dropped on Laos decades ago after pledging to help clean up a country he said was still living in the... -
IS claimed rocket attack that killed 3 Turkish soldiers in Syria
Sep 7, 2016News Hour: The Islamic State group has claimed a rocket attack that killed three Turkish soldiers in Syria, its first deadly attack on Turkish forces since they crossed the border two weeks ago, reports BSS. “Soldiers... -
4 marine police missing and reportedly killed after attack in Nigeria oil region
Sep 7, 2016News Hour: Four marine police were missing and reportedly killed after gunmen believed to be pirates stole their boat in southern Nigeria, police said on Wednesday, reports BSS. The officers were on patrol in the Abonnema... -
25 killed in seperate bus and train accident in Egypt
Sep 7, 2016News Hour: At least 22 people were killed in a bus collision and three died when a train derailed in separate accidents south of Cairo on Wednesday during a busy holiday travel time, reports BSS. The... -
One person killed in ongoing attack on charity in central Kabul
Sep 6, 2016News Hour: At least one person has been killed in an ongoing attack on a charity in central Kabul, the interior ministry said on Tuesday, after a wave of explosions hit the Afghan capital, reports BSS.... -
4 year old girl killed after bomb detonated outside a school in Thailand
Sep 6, 2016News Hour: A four-year-old girl was among two people killed after a bomb hidden in a motorcycle was detonated outside a school in Thailand’s insurgency-plagued south, authorities said on Tuesday, reports BSS. The device, packed in...
