July2017

News Hour: Israel removed metal detectors from entrances to the Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem’s Old City on Tuesday in favour of CCTV cameras, hoping to calm days of bloodshed, but Palestinians said the modified security...

News Hour: China has opened its southernmost cinema on a disputed island in the South China Sea, state media said, part of an on-going effort to build up civilian infrastructure and assert Beijing’s sovereignty. The cinema...

News Hour: The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote overwhelmingly on Tuesday for a bill that would slap new sanctions on Russia, Iran and North Korea, potentially complicating President Donald Trump’s hopes of pursuing...

News Hour: At least 26 people were killed and 49 others injured as a suicide blast hit the downtown area of Pakistan’s eastern city Lahore Monday afternoon, officials said. Khawaja Salman Rafique, health minister of the...

News Hour: James Bond is returning to movie theaters in November 2019, producers said on Monday, but they did not say who will play Britain’s most famous fictional spy. Eon Productions and MGM studios said in...

News Hour: Pop singer Justin Bieber on Monday canceled the remainder of his “Purpose” world tour citing “unforeseen circumstances” but gave no specific reasons. The cancellation will affect 14 dates in North America and Asia through...

News Hour: Sprint superstar Usain Bolt is one of three Rio Olympic gold medalists leading a 59-strong Jamaican team named Monday for next month’s athletics World Championships in London. Bolt has said he intends to run...

News Hour: Michael Phelps, the greatest Olympian of modern times, has finally met his match in a swim-off against the greatest predator in the oceans, the great white shark. But many viewers of the Discovery Channel’s...