November2016

News Hour: US-backed forces pressed offensives on the Islamic State group’s strongholds in Syria and Iraq, as an air strike by the American-led coalition reportedly killed 20 civilians near the Syrian city of Raqa. Supported by...

News Hour: Assailants on a motorcycle threw a grenade at the French embassy in Athens on Thursday, slighting wounding a police officer on duty outside, police said. Greece’s anti-terrorism police are investigating the attack, which happened...

News Hour: South Africa’s scandal-hit President Jacob Zuma faces a no-confidence vote in parliament on Thursday, but looks certain to survive despite mounting anger within his party. Zuma has fought off a series of damaging controversies...

News Hour: President Barack Obama will host Donald Trump in the Oval Office on Thursday, hoping to ease a smooth transition of power and steady nerves after an election that has shocked the world. Forty-eight hours...

News Hour: Dubai inaugurated a new canal on Wednesday after a three-year construction project costing $735 million, in a fresh boost for tourism and commerce in the booming Gulf city-state. The Dubai Water Canal creates a...

News Hour: Yahoo provided more details on Wednesday about an epic hack of its services, including that the culprits may have planted software “cookies” for ongoing access to users’ accounts. In revelations that could jeopardize the...

News Hour: Tokyo stocks soared six percent on early Thursday after diving the previous day on Donald Trump’s shock win in the US presidential election, as global stocks and the dollar rallied. The benchmark Nikkei 225...

News Hour: By the end of 2013, Mr. Faisal Karim came forward with the idea of making a computer game based on the Liberation war of Bangladesh. Later, he formed a team of a number of...

News Hour: Recently JCI Dhaka Central carried out the third phase of their project “Nutrition and Empowerment” at the WE Foundation School in the Ershadnagar area. The members spent around 2 hours with the underprivileged children...

News Hour: Britain’s Queen Elizabeth unveiled a new portrait of herself on Tuesday in London, painted by Irish artist Colin Davidson. The painting was commissioned by Co-operation Ireland, a charity set up to promote relations between...