December2016

News Hour: The United Nations Security Council’s failure to approve a 23 December, 2016, resolution that would have imposed an arms embargo on South Sudan and placed a travel ban and asset freeze on three senior...

News Hour: Portola Pharmaceuticals, Inc.® announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) accepted Portola’s New Drug Application (NDA) granting priority review for betrixaban, an oral, once-daily Factor Xa inhibitor anticoagulant, for extended-duration prophylaxis of venous...

News Hour: Security was heightened for the Christmas weekend in Italy and at the Vatican on Saturday after Italian police killed the man believed to be responsible for the Berlin market truck attack while other European...

News Hour: Last November, a team of European Union delegates including the Ambassador of Liberia, MsTiina Intelmann and two Estonian members of Parliament, Mati Raidma and Mart Nutt visited BRAC Liberia office at Tarbar community, Buchanan,...

News Hour: IOM Bangladesh Chief of Mission Sarat Dash and UNHCR Bangladesh Country Representative Shinji Kubo Tuesday have accompanied Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno Marsudi and Bangladesh Minister of Foreign Affairs Abul Hassan Mahmud Ali...

News Hour: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Biogen’s SPINRAZA™ (nusinersen) under Priority Review for the treatment of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) in pediatric and adult patients. SPINRAZA is the first and only treatment approved...

News Hour: U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team has asked two Cabinet departments for the names of government officials working on programs to counter violent extremism, according to a document seen by Reuters and U.S. officials....

News Hour: Campbell Soup Company launched Well Yes!, a new ready-to-serve soup line that features clean, simple and nutritious ingredients. The innovative line of soups showcases ingredients that people know and understand, including wholesome grains, meats...

News Hour: Tunisian security forces have arrested three suspected militants after uncovering their links to Anis Amri, the Tunisian national believed responsible for the Berlin Christmas market attack that killed 12 people, Tunisia’s Interior Ministry said...

News Hour: U.S. federal authorities cautioned local law enforcement on Friday to be aware that supporters of Islamic State have been calling for their sympathizers to attack holiday gatherings in the United States, including churches, a...