November2016

News Hour: Donald Trump called a recount of votes being prepared in Wisconsin a scam, insisting on Saturday that his presidential win should be respected, not “challenged and abused.” The recount, which was requested by Green...

News Hour: At least 10 armed men disguised as policemen attacked a high-security prison on Sunday and freed a top Sikh militant commander and four others in India’s Punjab state, officials said. The attackers traveled in...

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: A 1,500-year-old stone tablet with the earliest known chiseled inscription of the Ten Commandments was sold at a U.S. auction on Wednesday for $850,000. The two-foot (61 cm) square slab of white marble that...

News Hour: U.S. rockers Aerosmith, together for some 45 years, will embark on a “farewell” European tour next year, the group said on last week, kicking off the series of shows in Israel. One of the...

News Hour: Mexican artist Frida Kahlo’s “Nina con Collar,” an early painting whose whereabouts had been a mystery for 60 years, has sold for $1.81 million at a Sotheby’s Latin American art auction. Works by Mexican...

News Hour: Cuba’s former president Fidel Castro, one of the world’s longest-serving and most iconic leaders, has died aged 90. His younger brother and successor as president Raul Castro announced the news on state television. Flag-waving...

News Hour: Officials in Wisconsin are preparing to conduct a full recount of the votes from the US election in the state, which was narrowly won by Donald Trump. A formal request for the recount was...

News Hour: Fires, many of them arson set by Palestinian terrorists, raged across Israel for the fifth straight day, shutting down the Jerusalem Tel-Aviv Highway on Saturday, and burning over 32,000 acres of forest all across...

News Hour: Jonny Bairstow’s composed 89 helped England survive some poor top order shot-making and reach 268 for eight at the close on the first day of the third test against India on Saturday. Alastair Cook...