PARIS- Eating a portion of tuna, salmon, sardines or other oily fish once or twice a week reduces the risk of breast cancer, according to a review published by the British Medical Journal (BMJ) on...

PARIS- A European-backed Syrian radio station launched in Paris on Wednesday vowing to be a "free and independent" voice in reporting on the country's conflict. Radio Rozana, supported by European...

CAIRO, Jailan Zayan- Islamist President Mohamed Morsi warned on Wednesday that political divisions in Egypt "threaten to paralyse" the country, as at least one person was killed and scores were hurt...

JEDDAH, Shaun Tandon- Saudi Arabia pressed on Tuesday for global action to end Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime, telling US Secretary of State John Kerry the civil war had turned into...

FRANKFURT- Brazilian literature and arts will this year come under the spotlight at the world's biggest book fair, which annually attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors in the western German city...

PHNOM PENH- A new species of bird with a distinctive orange-red coloured tuft of feathers on its head has been found in Cambodia's populous capital city, conservationists said on Wednesday. The...

DOHA, Taieb Mahjoub- The emir of the small but economically strong Gulf state of Qatar, a major diplomatic broker that has played a key role in the Arab spring, is set to transfer power to his son in...

DAMASCUS, Wissam Keyrouz- Rebel attacks in and around Damascus killed at least 10 people on Sunday, as French President Francois Hollande urged the mainstream opposition to "retake" areas that have...

BEIRUT- Six Lebanese soldiers were killed on Sunday in clashes with supporters of a radical Sunni Muslim sheikh opposed to the powerful Shiite movement Hezbollah, an army statement said. "An armed...