Pro-government troops backed by Russian warplanes on Friday retook a rebel bastion used as a launch pad for attacks in southern Syria, a monitor said, in their latest territorial gain.
“North Korea’s notice of the plan to launch a long-range missile, coming at a time when there is a discussion for (UN) Security Council sanctions on its fourth nuclear test, is a direct challenge to the worldwide community”, the presidential Blue House said in a...
Men with a pregnant sex partner who reside in or have traveled to an area of active Zika virus transmission should consistently and correctly use condoms during sexual activity or abstain from sexual activity for the duration of the pregnancy.
According to the “Flush the TPP” initiative, Wednesday’s rally was part of a series of protests that took place in some 40 USA cities, including New York, Boston, Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis, Denver, San Francisco and Salt Lake City as well as in seven other...
The package also includes $290 million to bolster education funding in Jordan and Lebanon, where 300,000 Syrian refugee youths have fled due to their country’s five-year-old civil war.
The health ministry has said Zika infection falls within the health requirements women must meet to get abortions in the country, which restricts the procedure unless patients are victims of rape, have significant medical problems or the fetus is fatally deformed. The National...
Former Southland-trained boxer Jamie Kavanagh escaped safely Friday when gunmen fired assault weapons at a weigh-in in Dublin, Ireland, killing one person, before the lightweight’s planned Saturday bout.
Pyongyang has announced it will launch a satellite-bearing rocket sometime between February 8-25, which is around the time of the birthday on February 16 of late leader Kim Jong-Il, father of current leader Kim Jong-Un.
The 44-year-old Australian national claimed asylum in the Ecuadorian embassy in London three-and-a half years ago to escape extradition to Sweden over accusations of sexual assault dating back to 2010.