NEW DELHI: Members of Sri Lanka’s Muslim communities have strongly condemned criticism of ancient cutting rituals performed on girls, saying it should not...
NEW DELHI: Members of Sri Lanka’s Muslim communities have strongly condemned criticism of ancient cutting rituals performed on girls, saying it should not...
Manila: At age 33 and raising six children in a slum named "Paradise Village", Myrna Albos is Exhibit A for the Philippines' serial...
Jerash Camp, Jordan: In a small workshop in a Palestinian refugee camp in Jordan, Halima al-Ankassuri embroiders traditional patterns onto a blue shawl,...
Hong Kong: A collection of French artist Claude Monet's personal belongings, including a pair of round-rimmed wire spectacles, have fetched almost $11 million...
High life expectancy and low risk of heart disease are two of the many benefits associated with Mediterranean diet. No wonder most major...
CHENGDU, China, Chinese street barber Xiong Gaowu deftly scrapes a straight razor along the inside of his customer’s eyelid. “You should be gentle,...
Paris: Having adopted hamburgers, Halloween and a host of English words, some in France are worried about the latest cultural import from America:...
Kutama, Zimbabwe: Residents in the Zimbabwean village where Robert Mugabe was born, got married and has a house say he was a great...
Paris: A man doomed to die after suffering burns across 95 percent of his body was saved by skin transplants from his identical...
HELSINKI: Finnish bakery and food service company Fazer launched on Thursday what it said was the world’s first insect-based bread to be offered...
President Donald Trump prides himself on getting by with just four or five hours of sleep at night, which leaves him plenty of...
Paris: An "unprecedented" trove of sculptures by the brilliant but tragic French artist Camille Claudel are to go under the hammer in Paris...
Miami: About four in 10 cancers in the United States are due to lifestyle choices -- such as smoking and eating poorly --...
Pregnant women might increase their risk of a stillbirth if they sleep on their backs during their third trimester, a new study has...
New York: Expanding bike lanes, handing out free helmets and making lessons free: New York is making great strides in encouraging pedal power...
LONDON: Two years after Britain’s finance minister pledged taxes from sanitary products would go to women’s rights charities, the campaigner who forced his...
Harare: Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, 93, who resigned on Tuesday, has a long history of making colourful or controversial remarks during a reign...
ZURICH: Swiss consumers will be able to use a single digital identity to buy online products and services under a project unveiled on...
