BEIRUT: At least 89 people, including 17 children, were killed Friday in attacks on Syrian opposition strongholds near Damascus and…

JERUSALEM: A 13-year-old Palestinian appeared in court Friday, charged with attempted murder over the stabbing and serious injury of two…

Beijing announces the end of one-child policy after some four decades

PARIS: Low-fat diets do not yield greater weight loss than other slimming regimes, said a study yesterday, adding to the…

THE HAGUE: An international tribunal ruled Thursday it had the power to hear a case brought by the Philippines over…

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping’s brother-in-law owned shares in a firm controlled by the country’s richest man Wang Jianlin, the…

BEIJING: China’s navy chief warned his US counterpart encounters between their forces could spiral into conflict, state media reported, two…