War & Conflict
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Tillerson in South Korea in search of ‘new approach’ on North Korea
Mar 17, 2017News Hour: U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrived in South Korea on Friday for the second leg of an Asian tour focused on finding a “new approach” for North Korea after what he described as... -
Air strike on mosque near Aleppo in Syria kills 42
Mar 17, 2017News Hour: Warplanes struck a mosque in the rebel-held village of al-Jina, in northwest Syria, killing at least 42 people and wounding dozens, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based war monitor, said on Thursday.... -
Suicide bomber kills 25 people in Damascus
Mar 15, 2017News Hour: At least 25 people were killed in a suicide bomb attack at a court house in Damascus on Wednesday, state media reported, the second bomb attack in the Syrian capital in five days. The... -
IS Mosul commander killed
Mar 14, 2017News Hour: Iraqi government forces killed the Islamic State commander of Mosul’s Old City on Tuesday as the battle for the militants’ last stronghold in Iraq focused on a bridge crossing the Tigris river. As fighting... -
Grave violations against children in Syria were the highest on record in 2016
Mar 14, 2017News Hour: Grave violations against children in Syria were the highest on record in 2016, said UNICEF in a grim assessment of the conflict’s impact on children, as the war reaches six years. Verified instances of... -
Carlos the Jackal stands trial over 1974 Paris shop attack
Mar 13, 2017News Hour: Carlos the Jackal, once one of the world’s most wanted criminals, was back in a French court on Monday, charged with a grenade attack on a Paris shop more than 40 years ago that... -
30 percent of west Mosul recaptured from Islamic State, says Iraqi general
Mar 12, 2017News Hour: Iraqi forces have retaken around 30 percent of west Mosul from Islamic State militants, a commander of the elite Counter Terrorism Service (CTS) said on Sunday, as soldiers pushed into more districts. Federal police... -
Bashar al-Assad says U.S. forces ‘invaders’
Mar 11, 2017News Hour: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said U.S. forces in Syria were “invaders” and he had yet to see “anything concrete” emerge from U.S. President Donald Trump’s vow to prioritize the fight against Islamic State. Assad... -
Islamic State frees Mosul prisoners as grip on last major city slips
Mar 11, 2017News Hour: Islamic State has released dozens of prisoners held in jails in the districts of the northern Iraqi city of Mosul that remain under its control, residents said on Saturday, reports Reuters. The release of... -
2 men shot dead at a cafe in Basel in Switzerland
Mar 10, 2017News Hour: Two men shot dead two people and seriously injured a third on Thursday at a cafe in Basel, north-west Switzerland, police said as they hunt for the suspects. “Two men came into Cafe 56”...
