WASHINGTON, Mathieu Rabechault- A ship, two portable treatment plants and less than 90 days: that's the plan the Pentagon unveiled Thursday to destroy "hundreds of tons" of Syria's most dangerous...

WASHINGTON, Kerry Sheridan- A roadblock in the brain makes reading difficult for people with dyslexia, a new study suggested Thursday, contradicting long-held opinion. The findings in the US journal...

JOHANNESBURG, Andrew Beatty- Nelson Mandela, the revered icon of South Africa's anti-apartheid struggle and a towering figure of 20th century politics, died Thursday aged 95. The Nobel Peace...

DAMASCUS- Rockets killed at least 18 people Wednesday in regime-held areas of Syria's main northern city of Aleppo, a focal point of the 33-month conflict pitting loyalists against rebels. On the...

SEOUL, Jung Ha-Won- South Korea's massively popular soap operas are not known for embracing diversity, with gay or disabled characters only recently making inroads. But now a new minority type is...

DAMASCUS- A suicide bombing in central Damascus killed four people on Tuesday, hours after jihadists and other rebels seized a historic Christian town north of the Syrian capital. State television...

GENEVA- The much-anticipated "Geneva II" Syrian peace talks might not be held in Geneva due to insufficient hotel availability, UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi said in an interview broadcast...

BEIRUT, Karim Abou Merhi- Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah on Tuesday blamed Saudi Arabia for a twin suicide attack on the Iranian embassy in Beirut that killed 25 people last month. The Abdullah...

WASHINGTON- The US military has begun outfitting a ship with special equipment that will be used to destroy part of Syria's chemical arsenal, the Pentagon said Monday. A hydrolysis unit is being...