May2017

News Hour: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomed a US$3.6 million contribution from the Government of Canada to support nearly 200,000 of the most vulnerable non-refugee Palestinians living in Gaza and the West Bank....

News Hour: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Home Finance Company Limited (HFC Bank) today signed two trade finance agreements enabling ADB’s Trade Finance Program (TFP) to support up to $4 million of trade annually...

News Hour: The UN Migration Agency (IOM) organized a two-day training in Lebanon on “Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Victim Identification and Protection”. A total of 20 Middle East Airlines cabin crew supervisors and staff from...

News Hour: An intensifying cyclone churned north towards Bangladesh on Monday after heavy rain in Sri Lanka and thunderstorms in eastern India killed 200 people, with more torrential downpours forecast. Impoverished Bangladesh, hit by cyclones every...

News Hour: Golf star Tiger Woods was arrested on a drink-driving charge in Florida early on Monday morning, police say. Police recorded the arrest at 07:18 local time (11:18 GMT) and the golfer was released a...

News Hour: Defending champion Novak Djokovic enjoyed a winning French Open start under new coach Andre Agassi on Monday, cruising past Spain’s Marcel Granollers 6-3 6-4 6-2 in the first round. The 12-times grand slam champion...

News Hour: Ben Stokes would be the first to say England are more than a one-man team but if anyone sums up their revival in limited overs cricket it is the dynamic Durham all-rounder. Just over...

News Hour: At least 23 people have been killed in lightning and rain-related incidents in the eastern Indian state of Bihar in the past 24 hours, officials said on Monday. While 18 people were killed due...

News Hour: South Africa’s quest for a major international cricket trophy has become enough of an obsession for star batsman and one-day international captain AB de Villiers to put his Test career on hold. When he...

News Hour: Rwandan university students on Sunday joined a Chinese proficiency competition for foreign college students in the capital city of Kigali. The competition, hosted by the Confucius Institute Headquarters in China, is the Rwanda regional...