February2017

News Hour: David Bowie posthumously won two Brit awards on Wednesday in an emotional London ceremony which also saw tributes paid to the late George Michael. Superstar Bowie won both the categories he was nominated for,...

News Hour: A performance by Katy Perry at the Brit Awards on Wednesday saw skeletons wearing outfits matching those of US President Donald Trump and his British counterpart Theresa May. Pop superstar Perry took to the...

News Hour: IOM has donated two water tanks with a total capacity of 60,000 litres to Al-Thawra General Modern Hospital in Sana’a, Yemen. Al-Thawra General Modern Hospital is the biggest public hospital in Yemen, providing services...

News Hour: President Donald Trump’s administration on Wednesday revoked landmark guidance to public schools letting transgender students use the bathrooms of their choice, reversing a signature initiative of former Democratic President Barack Obama. Reversing the Obama...

News Hour: Japan’s government lowered its assessment of consumer spending in February, the first downgrade in 11 months, as some shoppers have become increasingly frugal in the face of rising food prices. The government left unchanged...

News Hour: Chinese President Xi Jinping promised Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte that Beijing would not build structures on a rocky outcrop in the South China Sea, Foreign Minister Perfecto Yasay said on Thursday. Frosty ties between...

News Hour: A bomb exploded in an upscale market in Pakistan’s eastern city of Lahore on Thursday, killing at least five people and wounding 21, officials said. Security forces, suspecting the bomber was still alive, cordoned...

News Hour: Syrian warplanes carried out air strikes on rebel-held areas in Deraa and Hama provinces and insurgents fired rockets at government targets on Thursday, the day peace talks are set to begin in Geneva, a...

News Hour: US alpine ski star Mikaela Shiffrin,who captured her third consecutive world slalom title last weekend in Switzerland, is looking at a possible multiple medal haul at next year’s Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. The 21-year-old American...

News Hour: Australia will play Brazil in Melbourne in June as a warm-up for the Confederations Cup, organisers said Thursday, reports BSS. The match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on June 13 will be Brazil’s first...