MANILA: Two Philippine coast guard men held hostage by Al-Qaeda-linked militants sprinted through gunfire to freedom as government forces raided…

BANGKOK: Thai police yesterday released a sketch of a young, bespectacled man suspected of carrying out a Bangkok shrine bombing…

LONDON: E-cigarettes should be prescribed to smokers to help them quit the habit, British public health experts recommended in a…

WASHINGTON: US regulators Tuesday approved the first ‘female Viagra’, a drug known as Addyi that works on the brain to…

JERUSALEM: The United Nations said Wednesday the academic year for Palestinian refugee children will start as scheduled despite a funding…

DUBAI: Pakistan duo Mohammad Asif and Salman Butt will see their suspensions for spot-fixing expire at midnight on September 1,…

SYDNEY: Red-faced Australian authorities Wednesday vowed to review security after a prisoner used bed sheets and a pillow to scale…