MUMBAI, India — A simple vinegar test slashed cervical cancer death rates by one-third in a study of 150,000 women in the slums of India, where the disease is the top ca...
Authorities won't charge woman
BEIJING — A newborn whose rescue from a sewer pipe in China captivated the world has been returned to his mother after authorities decided ...
But Russia seeks to give missiles to government
BRUSSELS — A day after the European Union agreed to lift its arms embargo for Syrian rebels, Russia confirmed today it was...
Surprise trip shows support
WASHINGTON — Leaders of Syria’s opposition forces got a chance to make their case for increased U.S. support directly with Sen. John McCain wh...
Conflict is worsening
PARIS — The top U.S. and Russian diplomats met Monday to try to accelerate frustratingly slow peace efforts in Syria, where the signs point only to ...
CAIRO — When his neighborhood is plunged into darkness, high school student Maximos Youssef is forced to study for his year-end exams by the light of a candle.
Youssef s...
LONDON — Counterterrorism police on Saturday were questioning a friend of Michael Adebolajo, one of two suspects in the savage killing of a British soldier. The friend, ...
Pope Francis holds ceremony
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Sunday gave the Catholic Church new saints, including hundreds of 15th-century martyrs who were beheaded for re...
She was under rubble for 17 days
SAVAR, Bangladesh — Even amid the euphoria over finding a woman alive in the rubble of a garment factory that collapsed more than two wee...
DHAKA, Bangladesh — Bangladeshi police are investigating possible murder charges against the owner of a shoddily built factory that collapsed nearly two weeks ago after ...
