March2017

News Hour: Munira Ahmed, a 32-year-old freelancer from Queens in New York City, became one of the symbols of resilience during the Women’s March that took place last Saturday. Ahmed told Al Arabiya English that the...

News Hour: Stella McCartney livened up the catwalk at Paris Fashion Week on Monday with dancing models wearing her signature over-sized clothes in trademark neutral shades with splashes of unusual colors, reports Reuters. The British fashion...

News Hour: France’s advertising watchdog on Monday said it had asked French fashion house Yves Saint Laurent to modify two ads from its latest campaign after receiving 50 complaints that they were “degrading” to women. One...

News Hour: Germany’s defense ministry has decided to buy high-altitude MQ-4C Triton unmanned surveillance planes built by U.S. weapons maker Northrop Grumman Corp for deliveries after 2025, ministry sources said on Tuesday. The new drones will...

News Hour: Soft drinks maker Coca-Cola Co has launched a gay-friendly ad featuring a brother and sister vying for the attention of a handsome pool boy in the campaign that has won praise for diversity and...

News Hour: The “X-Men” spinoff “Logan” — starring Hugh Jackman as the metal-clawed, mutant anti-hero Wolverine — dominated the box office in its opening weekend with a huge $88.4 million, according to data released Monday. Aimed...

News Hour: Iraqi government forces fighting to drive Islamic State from western Mosul on Tuesday recaptured the main government building, the central bank branch and the museum where three years ago the militants had smashed statues...

News Hour: China on Tuesday called for an immediate ceasefire between ethnic rebels and Myanmar security forces in a restive border area, urging the two sides to resolve their differences through peaceful means instead. China is...

News Hour: Yasser Usman, the writer of Rekha – The Untold Story, has denied reports that the actress was married to Sanjay Dutt and applies vermillion in his name. Many publications referred writer Usman’s book as...

News Hour: Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat first, owing to a preference to bowl last on what is expected to become a spin-friendly surface. Mushfiqur Rahim said he would have batted first...