Politics
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10,000 civil servants dismissed and 15 media outlets closed in Turkey
Oct 30, 2016News Hour: Turkey has dismissed another 10,000 civil servants and closed 15 more media outlets over suspected links with “terrorist organisations” and US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, blamed by Ankara for orchestrating a failed coup. More than... -
Hillary Clinton took to the stage with Jennifer Lopez in Miami
Oct 30, 2016News Hour: Hillary Clinton took to the stage with Jennifer Lopez in Miami on late Saturday when the music superstar performed a free concert in the rain to encourage early voting in the battleground state of... -
Spain to vote the conservatives back in power for ending political crisis
Oct 29, 2016News Hour: Spain turns the page on a 10-month political crisis on Saturday as lawmakers ready to vote the conservatives back in power, although at the head of a government with the unprecedented opposition. Aided by... -
Lebanon is set to end stalemate by electing president, but divisions run deep
Oct 29, 2016News Hour: Lebanon’s parliament is set to end more than two years of stalemate on Monday by electing ex-general Michel Aoun as president, but the vote is unlikely to heal deep political divisions. Aoun, a Christian... -
Thousands of Thais streamed into Bangkok’s Grand Palace visit the coffin of late King Bhumibol
Oct 29, 2016News Hour: Tens of thousands of Thais streamed into Bangkok’s Grand Palace on Saturday as the public was granted its first chance to enter the throne hall where the body of late King Bhumibol Adulyadej is... -
Killing dozens, Airstrikes hit a Syrian school
Oct 27, 2016News Hour: Unicef, the United Nations Children’s Fund, said the assault in Idlib Province may have been the deadliest on a school since the Syrian war began more than five years ago. A school compound in... -
British PM Theresa May: Kashmir a matter for India, Pak to sort out
Oct 27, 2016News Hour: Prime Minister Theresa May has said that United Kingdom’s stand on Kashmir remains unchanged and it is a bilateral issue for India and Pakistan to address. The issue was raised in the House of... -
Khizr Khan tries to push clinton to finish line
Oct 27, 2016News Hour: With the polish of a seasoned politician, Khizr Khan strode through the door of a seafood restaurant to the serenade of clicking cameras, clasped hands with cheering Democratic lawmakers and, as he has become... -
Hillary Clinton is leading among young voters, Harvard University opinion poll says
Oct 26, 2016News Hour: Democratic White House candidate Hillary Clinton is leading among likely voters aged 18 to 29, according to a Harvard University opinion poll released on Wednesday. The former U.S. secretary of state had the support... -
National Geographic’s Afghan girl arrested in Pakistan for living under false papers
Oct 26, 2016News Hour: An Afghan woman immortalized on a celebrated National Geographic magazine cover as a green-eyed 12-year-old girl was arrested on Wednesday for living in Pakistan on fraudulent identity papers. The haunting image of Sharbat Gula,...
