Politics

News Hour: Former Wall Street banker Pedro Pablo Kuczynski takes office as Peru’s president on Thursday, seeking to kick-start a slowing economy and unite a country deeply torn by a photo-finish election, reports BSS. Since winning the...

News Hour: Turkey issued arrest warrants on Wednesday for 47 former staff of the Zaman newspaper, an official said, in a growing crackdown on people suspected of links to alleged coup mastermind Fethullah Gulen, reports BSS....

News Hour: Iran’s Guardian Council announced on Wednesday that next year’s presidential election will take place on May 19 with embattled incumbent Hassan Rouhani expected to run for a second term, reports BSS. Rouhani, a moderate who...

News Hour: Former president Bill Clinton on Tuesday urged Americans to dismiss decades of political attacks and elect the “real” Hillary Clinton this November, in a deeply personal testimonial to his wife’s character and grit, reports...

News Hour: Hillary Clinton made history on Tuesday by becoming the first woman to win the presidential nomination of a major US political party, securing the backing of Democrats at a rowdy convention in Philadelphia, reports...

News Hour: US First Lady Michelle Obama on Monday told the Democratic convention in Philadelphia that Hillary Clinton was the one candidate ready to be president, as she poured scorn on Donald Trump’s behavior and temperament,...

News Hour: Nine alleged militants were killed this morning during a special drive of the joint forces in Dhaka’s Kalyanpur area that began with a raid to hunt down militant den. 1 militant held Attackers are...

News Hour: Supporters of Turkey’s ruling and main opposition parties, usually bitter foes, were set to rally together on Sunday in support of democracy following a failed military coup as President Tayyip Erdogan tightens his grip...

News Hour: Turkey has detained a senior aide to the US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen whom it blames for the coup attempt aimed at ousting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, an official said on Saturday, reports BSS. Security...

News Hour: Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has selected Tim Kaine, a centrist senator from Virginia, as her running mate. Mrs Clinton broke the news in a tweet late on Friday. She plans a formal announcement on...