War & Conflict
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30 killed at a wedding in Turkey by likely IS attack
Aug 21, 2016News Hour: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday said the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group was the “likely perpetrator” of a bomb attack on a wedding in the city of Gaziantep near the Syrian border... -
Philippines and communist rebels reached a truce
Aug 20, 2016News Hour: The Philippine government and communist rebels have reached a truce, ahead of the resumption of peace talks in Norway, and just a week after President Rodrigo Duterte abruptly called off a unilateral ceasefire, reports Aljazeera.... -
Iran forms Liberation Army to deploy in Arab countries
Aug 20, 2016News Hour: Iran has formed what it calls the Liberation Army whose units will be deployed in Arab countries, according to reports. Currently, Iran is involved in multiple conflicts where Shia and Sunni Muslims are locked in... -
Humanitarian agencies condemn attack on MSF hospital
Aug 17, 2016News Hour: Oxfam, CARE, Handicap International, Mercy Corps, Intersos and Save the Children condemn the Saudi-led coalition airstrike today on a hospital supported by Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) in Abs, in Hajja governorate. The six agencies... -
Russia to announce first Syria strikes from Iran airstrip
Aug 16, 2016News Hour: Russian warplanes on Tuesday flew a bombing run from an Iranian airstrip against jihadist groups in war-torn Syria, the defence ministry said — the first time Moscow has reported using an Iranian air base,... -
25 Palestinians wounded in clashes with Israeli soldiers
Aug 16, 2016News Hour: Twenty-five Palestinians were wounded in clashes with Israeli soldiers conducting searches in a refugee camp in the southern West Bank on Tuesday, Red Crescent medics said. Some of the wounded had been hit by... -
6 killed in PKK bombing in Turkish city Diyarbakir
Aug 15, 2016News Hour: Four Turkish police officers and two civilians were killed on Monday in a car bombing outside the southeastern city of Diyarbakir blamed on Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) rebels, the government said, reports BSS. The... -
Police evacuate JFK airport terminal receiving a call of shots fired
Aug 15, 2016News Hour: Police are evacuating Terminal 8 at JFK airport in New York after Port Authority Police received a call of shots fired in the departures area, according to spokesman Joe Pentangelo, reports CNN. There are... -
Protests break out in Milwaukee after police officer shoots armed man
Aug 14, 2016News Hour: Milwaukee was on edge on Sunday after angry crowds took to the streets, throwing rocks and torching buildings in protest over a deadly police shooting in this midwestern US city, reports BSS. The latest... -
Saudi-led air strikes on Yemen school killed 10 children
Aug 14, 2016News Hour: Saudi-led air strikes on a school in a rebel-held province of northern Yemen have killed 10 children and wounded 28 others, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said on Sunday, reports BSS. “We received 10 dead...
