WASHINGTON, Tangi Quemener- The United States said Thursday for the first time that Syria had likely used chemical weapons against rebel forces, but emphasized spy agencies were still not 100 percent...
LONDON, Danny Kemp- Britain has signed a new legal agreement with Jordan in its latest bid to deport Islamist terror suspect Abu Qatada after a 12-year legal battle, Home Secretary Theresa May said...
LONDON- England aims to inject a million youngsters with measles vaccine following a surge in cases of the potentially fatal disease, public health authorities said Thursday. The rise in cases...
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Raphaelle Picard- With a sigh of relief, Boston merchants and residents forced to evacuate after last week's marathon bombings started reclaiming their neighborhood Tuesday...
DAMASCUS- An armed group kidnapped two bishops in a village in Aleppo province in northern Syria, the state news agency SANA reported late on Monday. "An armed terrorist group today kidnapped Bishop...
WASHINGTON- Health experts warned Monday about serious risks from the "Cinnamon Challenge," a game popular with US teens, who ingest a spoonful of the pungent spice, then try to refrain from drinking...
CAIRO- Egypt will try a cousin and top aide of slain Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi on charges of attempted murder, although Libyan authorities are pressing for his extradition, Egyptian state media...
BAGHDAD, W.G. Dunlop- Election officials began tallying votes on Sunday from Iraq's first elections since US troops departed, a contest that served as a key test of its stability amid a spike in...
LONDON- Queen Elizabeth II marked her 87th birthday with little fanfare on Sunday, spending the day privately while Prince William's wife Catherine was showing off her baby bump. This year is an...
BANGALORE, India, Adam Plowright- What if hospitals were run like a mix of Wal-Mart and a low-cost airline? The result might be something like the chain of "no-frills" Narayana Hrudayalaya clinics in...