A government-sponsored junk food ban in schools across Mexico took effect on Saturday, officials said, as the country tries to tackle one of the world’s worst obesity and diabetes epidemics. The health guidelines, first published last fall, take a direct shot at salty and sweet processed products that have become…
The Israeli military struck southern Beirut on Friday for the first time since November, after Israel said that two…
Editor’s Note: Warning: This article contains descriptions of torture. Saman Yasin thought he was leaving prison. It was 5…
Communities across the Australian state of Queensland are bracing for more rain after record-breaking floods cut off roads and…
According to a high-level Ecuadorian official familiar with the planning, construction of a new naval facility in the coastal…
Anxious loved ones waited outside a twisted mass of metal and concrete in the heart of Thailand’s capital on…
The first time he flew his cargo plane through the clouds over his hometown of Kabul, Tauheed Khan swelled…
British police raided a Quaker meeting house in London on Thursday and arrested six women attending a meeting on…
A powerful, deadly earthquake struck at the heart of civil war-ravaged Myanmar on Friday, piling fresh misery on an…