February2017
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Russia’s Lavrov backs renewal of U.N.-led Syria talks
Feb 5, 2017News Hour: Russia said on Sunday that it supports the continuation of Syria peace talks under United Nations auspices, long-running negotiations which had been thrown into doubt by separate, Moscow-backed peace talks launched last month. The... -
Dozens of people in Afghanistan and Pakistan killed after heavy snow and avalanches hit
Feb 5, 2017News Hour: Dozens of people in Afghanistan and Pakistan were killed after heavy snow and avalanches hit over the weekend. In eastern Afghanistan, at least 50 people died and dozens more were missing on Sunday after... -
FIFA rejects appeals of Bolivia in relation to the fielding of an ineligible player
Feb 5, 2017News Hour: The FIFA Appeal Committee has decided to reject the appeals lodged by the Bolivian Football Association (FBF) and to confirm in its entirety the decisions rendered by the FIFA Disciplinary Committee in the cases... -
In principle agreement to constitutional and financial changes to ICC
Feb 5, 2017News Hour: The first ICC Board meeting of 2017 has concluded in Dubai with a series of key decisions being taken. With a full Board meeting, Chief Executives’ Committee and Finance and Commercial Affairs Committee meeting,... -
Serbs in Kosovo used bulldozers to demolish wall built in the ethnically divided city of Mitrovica
Feb 5, 2017News Hour: Local Serbs in Kosovo used bulldozers on Sunday to demolish a wall they built in the ethnically divided city of Mitrovica, following weeks of tension over the issue between Kosovo and Serbia. The Serbs,... -
Turkish police detained some 400 suspected members of IS in anti-terror raids in 6 provinces
Feb 5, 2017News Hour: Turkish police on Sunday detained some 400 suspected members of Islamic State in anti-terror raids in six provinces, state media said, the biggest roundup to target the organization in Turkey. Those held were mainly... -
US refiners are facing the prospects of weakening gasoline demand for the first time in 5 years
Feb 5, 2017News Hour: U.S. refiners are facing the prospects of weakening gasoline demand for the first time in five years, stoking fears that earnings this year may be even worse than the dismal performances seen in 2016.... -
German Fish distributor Deutsche See to sue Volkswagen over diesel scandal
Feb 5, 2017News Hour: Fish distributor Deutsche See is suing Volkswagen for misrepresenting a fleet of vehicles it leased as environmentally friendly, becoming the first major German customer to sue Europe’s biggest carmaker over its diesel-test cheating. Volkswagen... -
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte scrapped peace talks with communist insurgents
Feb 5, 2017News Hour: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has scrapped peace talks with communist insurgents after both the government and the rebels called off unilateral ceasefires aimed at ending a decades-long conflict. Duterte, a self-described socialist who had... -
US court rejected request by the Department of Justice to reinstate Donald Trump’s travel ban
Feb 5, 2017News Hour: A US federal appeals court on early Sunday rejected a request by the Department of Justice to immediately reinstate President Donald Trump’s travel ban. Trump’s administration had lodged the request with the Ninth Circuit...
