War & Conflict
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PM Yildirim: Turkey to announce date of constitutional referendum this week
Jan 25, 2017News Hour: Turkey’s high electoral board is expected to announce the date this week of a referendum on constitutional changes that would extend the powers of the presidency, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said on Wednesday.... -
Somali militants ram car bomb into hotel, killing at least 15
Jan 25, 2017News Hour: Islamist militants rammed a car bomb into the gate of a hotel in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Wednesday and stormed inside, killing at least 15 people, government officials said. Gunfire rang out as fighters... -
Kremlin hails Syria talks in Astana as a success
Jan 25, 2017News Hour: The Kremlin on Wednesday hailed Syria peace talks held in Kazakhstan as a success and said more might be held in future if there was a need. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told a conference... -
German police arrest man on suspicion of planning attack
Jan 23, 2017News Hour: German police said on Sunday they arrested a 21-year-old man on suspicion of planning a militant attack, and linked his case to that of a second suspect in Vienna. Special forces police arrested the... -
Syrian army and allies take village from Islamic State
Jan 22, 2017News Hour: The Syrian army and its allies on Sunday drove Islamic State from the village of Soran, east of Aleppo, state media and a military media unit run by Hezbollah reported, bringing them closer to... -
Israel municipality approves hundreds of settlement homes in east Jerusalem
Jan 22, 2017News Hour: The Jerusalem municipality approved building permits for more than 560 housing units in three East Jerusalem settlements on Sunday, two days after President Donald Trump took office in the United States, reports Reuters. Chairman... -
Blast kills at least 21 in Pakistan vegetable market
Jan 21, 2017News Hour: An explosion in a busy vegetable market killed at least 21 people on Saturday in Pakistan’s remote northwestern tribal region, an official said, in an attack jointly claimed by the Pakistani Taliban and a... -
El Chapo, if convicted, would likely do time in ‘Supermax’ prison
Jan 21, 2017News Hour: If Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, known as much for jail breaks as narcotics trafficking, ends up convicted in U.S. court, there is little doubt where he will spend the rest of... -
Three badly hurt in shooting at American college in northern Mexico
Jan 18, 2017News Hour: A student opened fire at an American school in northern Mexico on Wednesday, gravely injuring two students and a teacher, the state’s security spokesman said, but there were no confirmed deaths. Local media had... -
Iran’s Zarif wants cooperation with Saudi over Syria and Yemen
Jan 18, 2017News Hour: Iran and Saudi Arabia should be able to work together to help end conflicts in Syria and Yemen, after successfully cooperating over Lebanon last year, Iran’s foreign minister said. “I do not see any...
