War & Conflict

News Hour: At least 34 civilians were killed on Sunday in a flare up of ethnic violence in restive eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, authorities said, following a week of soaring tensions. “The provisional toll is...

News Hour: At least five people were killed and 27 others wounded in a triple bombing in eastern Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province on Friday, provincial officials said. There was no claim of responsibility for the three bombings...

News Hour: Iraqi forces should create safe exits for Mosul residents because they cannot protect civilians and wage fierce battles with jihadists at the same time, an aid group said on Friday. The International Rescue Committee...

News Hour: Renewed clashes between Yemeni government forces and rebels killed more than 40 people on Tuesday, military officials said, a day after a fragile 48-hour ceasefire expired without halting the violence. Forces loyal to President...

News Hour: For Abdelrahman al-Azy the task was brutal but the justifications were simple. As a member of ISIS, he must follow the instructions of his local emir or commander. The order: to help kill a...

News Hour: A massive suicide blast at a Shiite mosque in Kabul killed at least 27 people on Monday and wounded 35 as worshippers gathered for a religious ceremony, officials said. “It was a suicide bomber...

News Hour: Myanmar’s state media on Saturday denied Bangladesh border guards’ accounts of Rohingya Muslims fleeing conflict at home by trying to cross into the northern neighbor. A commanding officer of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) said...

News Hour: Dutch police have arrested a “confused” homeless man suspected of triggering a security sweep at Rotterdam’s airport on Thursday after an anonymous tip-off about a possible terror threat. “Rotterdam police have detained an illegal...

News Hour: A suicide bomber on foot struck a government vehicle in Kabul on Wednesday, killing at least six people and wounding 10 others, officials said, in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group. The...

News Hour: Syrian government air strikes and barrel bomb attacks hit residential neighbourhoods of rebel-held east Aleppo on Tuesday for the first time in nearly a month, a monitor said. “Regime aircraft launched strikes and dropped...