Politics
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Bad blood over Obamacare fight lingers as Congress returns
Sep 4, 2017News Hour: When the U.S. Congress returns from summer vacation on Tuesday, for the first time in years gutting Obamacare will not be the main order of business on the healthcare agenda. But leftover hard feelings... -
Philippine army says taking fire from women, children in Marawi battle
Sep 4, 2017News Hour: Philippine troops fighting Islamic State-linked rebels in a southern city have encountered armed resistance from women and children, the military said on Monday, as troops make a final push to end a conflict that... -
Taiwan premier resigns to help shore up president’s falling popularity
Sep 4, 2017News Hour: Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen has accepted the resignation of Premier Lin Chuan, the ruling party said on Monday, a departure that had been widely expected because of declining public support for the president. Taiwan... -
South Korea, U.S. plan more drills after North Korea nuclear test rattles globe
Sep 4, 2017News Hour: South Korea said on Monday it was preparing fresh military drills with its ally the United States and ramping up its ballistic missile defenses in response to North Korea’s sixth and most powerful nuclear... -
Conducts hydrogen bomb test, Trump to meet with advisers, North Korea says
Sep 3, 2017News Hour: North Korea conducted its sixth and most powerful nuclear test on Sunday, which it said was an advanced hydrogen bomb for a long-range missile, marking a dramatic escalation of the regime’s stand-off with the... -
Rohingya exodus continues after 73,000 flee Myanmar
Sep 3, 2017News Hour: 75,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled violence in Myanmar to neighbouring Bangladesh, with aid officials warning relief camps are reaching full capacity as thousands continue to pour in every day. Vivian Tan, the regional spokeswoman for UNHCR, told Al Jazeera on... -
Russia says U.S. closure of diplomatic sites a ‘blatantly hostile act’
Sep 3, 2017News Hour: Moscow denounced the American decision to close three Russian diplomatic facilities in the United States as a “blatantly hostile act” that violated international law and demanded Washington reverse the order on Sunday. The United... -
Rohingya refugees fleeing Myanmar near 40,000
Sep 1, 2017News Hour: Nearly 40,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled to neighbouring Bangladesh since violence erupted in Myanmar’s Rakhine state a week ago, the UN estimates. Scores of people are reported to have died since Rohingya militants attacked... -
Fears mount of Myanmar atrocities as fleeing Rohingya families drown
Sep 1, 2017News Hour: Two dozen corpses believed to be the bodies of Rohingya women and children have washed up on a Bangladesh riverbank as fears grow of atrocities committed by Myanmar forces against the Muslim minority across the border.... -
Bodies wash up on Bangladesh shore as Rohingya flee Myanmar
Sep 1, 2017News Hour: Bangladeshi border guards have recovered two dozen bodies from the country’s shore in the last two days, as tens of thousands of Rohingya Muslims make desperate attempts to flee the worst violence involving the...