NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Children will be more likely to survive tuberculosis (TB), the world's most deadly infectious disease, once new strawberry- and raspberry-flavored medicines are available early next year, experts said on Wednesday.
Before a crowd of men on a street in the Syrian city of Palmyra, the masked Islamic State group judge read out the sentence against the two men convicted of homosexuality: They would be thrown to their deaths from the roof...
The Nazi soldiers made their orders very clear: Jewish American prisoners of war were to be separated from their fellow brothers in arms and sent to an uncertain fate.
AMSTERDAM, Dec 2 (Reuters) - The Netherlands has begun to import more natural gas than it exports, Statistics Netherlands said on Wednesday, as a result of production cuts at the Groningen gas field, Europe's largest.
Italy has become a haven for hardworking Filipino workers but the problem starts when their family could not easily integrate in society and land any job.
Asian stock markets were uneven Wednesday after weakness in U.S. economic data was tempered by an upbeat Australian growth report.
(Reuters) - Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero and goalkeeper Joe Hart could return from injury in time for Saturday's Premier League game against Stoke City, manager Manuel Pellegrini has said.
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistan executed four men on Wednesday for involvement in the massacre of 134 children at an army-run school in the northwestern city of Peshawar last year, media and security sources said.
CLEVELAND - Fans of "A Christmas Story" will start the bidding on Tuesday for the chance to celebrate the season by staying in the Cleveland house made famous by the popular 1983 holiday film.
The Light Rail Transit (LRT) line 1 is now fully operational after its trips were cut short due to technical problems, December 2, 2015.
NEW YORK - "Star Wars" creator George Lucas, who was not involved in making the long-awaited new film, "The Force Awakens," said he is as ambivalent about seeing the movie as a divorced father would be about attending his child's wedding.
CHENNAI, India (Reuters) - Widespread flooding across the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu has driven more than 200,000 people from their homes, shut down factories and paralysed the airport in the state capital Chennai, government officials said on Wednesday.
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - The retirement of Mitchell Johnson, coupled with the injury cloud hanging over Mitchell Starc, will force Australia to dig deep into their pace reserves during the home summer but ready-made left-arm replacements are in short supply.
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan executed four men on Wednesday for involvement in the massacre of 134 children at an army-run school in the northwestern city of Peshawar last year, media and security sources said.
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's official Xinhua news agency said on Wednesday that an investigation into a massive U.S. computer breach last year that affected more than 22 million federal workers found the hacking attack was criminal, not state-sponsored.
MELBOURNE, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Usman Khawaja is on track to recover from a hamstring injury in time for Australia's traditional Boxing Day test in Melbourne, where they face West Indies in the second test, the batsman said on Wednesday.
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's official Xinhua news agency said on Wednesday that an investigation into a massive U.S. computer breach last year that affected more than 22 million federal workers found the hacking attack was criminal, not state-sponsored.
A suburban Oklahoma City police officer picked up an unusual subject found wandering along a rural road.
Nearly a month after her party's crushing election win, Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi held closed-door talks with Myanmar's outgoing president Wednesday to discuss what both hope will be a "smooth" transition of...
Australia’s economy surprised in the third quarter, growing faster than expected on the back of better exports and consumer spending. Meg Teckman reports.
Australia’s economy surprised in the third quarter, growing faster than expected on the back of better exports and consumer spending. Meg Teckman reports.
TOKYO, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average edged down in thin trade on Wednesday as investors avoided investing in cyclical shares before big market events this week such as the European Central Bank's policy meeting and the release of U.S. jobs data.
* Move seen to improve bank asset quality (Adds analysts comments, background)
ADEN, Yemen (Reuters) - Al Qaeda have retaken the two major southern Yemeni towns of Zinjibar and Jaar that had fallen briefly to militants four years ago, residents and local fighters said on Wednesday.
Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi meets President Thein Sein to discuss a smooth transfer of power after her party's election win. Rough cut (no reporter narration).