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News Hour: Sierra Leone’s deputy high commissioner has been snatched in Nigeria, government sources said on Friday, the first kidnapping of a diplomat from the west African country in more than half a century, reports BSS....

News Hour: Bangladeshi joint force troops say they have cleared Holey Artisan Bakery in the capital Dhaka, where gunmen took hostages including foreigners on friday, reports BBC. About 35 people were taken hostage, including about 20...

News Hour: Hundreds of troops have stormed a cafe in the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, where gunmen took at least 20 hostages on Friday, security officials say, reports BBC and other local and international news agencies. Explosions...

News Hour: Clashes between police and factory workers in Bolivia on Wednesday resulted in dozens of injuries and arrests during protests against policies under President Evo Morales, various sources reported. The incidents took place in the city...

News Hour: US President Barack Obama warned on Wednesday against isolationist tendencies in America and elsewhere, calling it “the wrong medicine” to fix legitimate concerns about globalization, reports BSS. While Obama did not mention Donald Trump...

News Hour: Leading Brexit campaigner and Justice Minister Michael Gove on Thursday announced a surprise bid to succeed David Cameron as British prime minister, launching a sensational attack on referendum ally Boris Johnson, who is also...

News Hour: Mexico’s Supreme Court rejected a proposal to legalize abortion on Wednesday but suggested more debate on the issue in the country boasting the world’s second-largest Catholic population, reports BSS. Justices of the court’s first...

News Hour: North Korea has created a new, supreme governing commission with leader Kim Jong-Un as its chairman, underlining the 33-year-old’s absolute control over every aspect of state policy in the isolated, nuclear-armed nation, reports BSS....

News Hour: Turkey pointed the finger of blame at Islamic State jihadists on Wednesday after suicide bombers armed with automatic rifles attacked Istanbul’s main international airport, killing 41 people, including foreigners, reports BSS. Witnesses described scenes...

News Hour: European leaders on Tuesday pressed for a quick and clear British departure plan to quell worldwide anxiety about the continent’s future, reports BSS. Britain’s vote to leave the European Union (EU) last week has...