November2016

News Hour: Iraqi soldiers fighting just north of Mosul, within sight of city neighborhoods, said on Sunday they were ready to tighten the noose around Islamic State militants waging a brutal defense of their Iraqi stronghold....

News Hour: President-elect Donald Trump huddled with advisers inside his Manhattan residence Saturday, plotting his next moves as thousands of demonstrators besieged Trump Tower and marched through other US cities in fourth day of protests. Trump...

News Hour: Venezuela’s embattled government and the opposition committed themselves on Saturday to seeking a peaceful, democratic way out of a deepening crisis that has led to food shortages and sky-high inflation. “We solemnly agree that...

News Hour: Hillary Clinton blamed FBI director James Comey for her loss in the US presidential race, claiming that re-opening the probe into her email use broke the momentum towards victory. Clinton told fundraisers and donors...

News Hour: A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake rocked New Zealand on late Sunday, the US Geological Survey said. The shallow tremor hit just after 11:00 pm local time (1000 GMT), some 90 kilometres (57 miles) from the...

News Hour: When Jackie Chan saw an Oscar at Sylvester Stallone’s house 23 years ago, he said that was the moment he decided he wanted one. On Saturday at the annual Governors Awards, the Chinese actor...

News Hour: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a donation from the Government of Spain to help provide the basic food needs of Western Sahara refugees living in Algeria. The contribution, which totals...

News Hour: IOM Director General William Lacy Swing briefed UN Member States and Observers on IOM’s follow up to the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants and the development of a Global Compact for Safe,...

News Hour: “Do we want to see migration as it has always been – a positive force that can contribute to diversity and development – or should we let others brand migration as a scourge that...

News Hour: Homeless people were the guests of honor on Saturday night at a special benefit concert in the Vatican conducted by Oscar winning composer Ennio Morricone. Morricone, 88, who won this year’s Academy Award for...