July2017

News Hour: Iran decided on Friday for the second time since January not to upset its nuclear pact with six world powers, two informed sources said, despite public statements by Tehran accusing the United States of...

News Hour: U.S. law enforcement authorities on Friday were seeking six teenagers from Burundi who went missing after a robotics competition in Washington, two of whom had been spotted crossing the border into Canada. The teens,...

News Hour: China flew several fighter and reconnaissance aircraft near Taiwan in a training exercise, the self-ruled island’s defense ministry said on Friday. Despite decades of growing trade across the Taiwan Strait, China has never renounced...

News Hour: The World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a contribution of €1 million (US$1.1 million) from the Government of Germany that will enable it to continue providing life-saving food assistance to Sahrawi refugees in Algeria. For...

News Hour: A nuclear medicine targeting the type of cancer that killed Steve Jobs won a green light from EU regulators on Friday, boosting prospects for its developer Advanced Accelerator Applications. The European Medicines Agency said...

News Hour: Global pizza brands Domino’s and Papa John’s are preparing an assault on Russia’s provinces, betting they can turn a profit far from Moscow as online card payments become more widespread and consumers get to...

News Hour: The U.S. government will ban Americans from traveling to North Korea due to “the serious risk of arrest” after a U.S. student was jailed while on a tour and later died, the State Department...

News Hour:  Telecom Italia (TIM)  Chief Executive Flavio Cattaneo is set to step down in the next few days after clashing with top shareholder Vivendi, six sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday. Four...

News Hour: ‘Act.Learn.Share’, a summer camp for young adults, kicked off last Monday just outside of Minsk, the capital of Belarus. Participants came from across the nation, all united in their desire to learn about and...

News Hour: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has today awarded five winners of a youth essay competition in Tajikistan. The winners are: Madina Davlatova, 24; Maksud Khasanov, 23; Azimakhon Dzhuraeva, 19; Komila Nazirmadova, 20; and Saadi...