Novartis says Kisqali boosts survival in breast cancer patients
Novartis said on Sunday that Kisqali helped women with advanced breast cancer after menopause live longer, adding to data the Swiss company hopes will help...
Bangladesh bans heartburn drug ranitidine over cancer fears
Bangladesh’s drug regulatory authority on Sunday issued a ban on sales of popular heartburn drug ranitidine while it investigates a potential cancer-causing substance in the...
Iran oil industry must be alert to physical, cyber threats: minister
Iran’s oil minister told the petroleum industry on Sunday to be on alert to physical and cyber attacks, amid heightened tensions with the United States...
Parisians pay tribute to Jacques Chirac
Dozens of people braved the rain on Sunday to queue in front of the gates of Paris’ Hotel des Invalides to pay their respects to...
‘Everything is burned’: Bolivian caravan marches across fire-ravaged region to pressure Morales
In Bolivia’s fire-ravaged lowlands, a caravan of indigenous protesters is marching hundreds of miles to demand President Evo Morales declare a surge in wildfires a...
Fire strikes Saudi high-speed train station, at least five injured
A fire broke out in the Haramain high-speed rail station in Saudi Arabia’s coastal city of Jeddah, injuring at least five people, the authorities said...
Violent scenes in Hong Kong ahead of Chinese National Day
Hong Kong police fired water cannon, rubber bullets and round after round of tear gas at petrol-bomb and brick-throwing protesters on Sunday in some of...
“I’ve been a model of restraint”: UK PM Johnson
Britain’s Boris Johnson said on Sunday that he will not resign, even if he fails to secure a withdrawal deal with the European Union before...
Victims of north Nigerian institution share stories of terror
When Jibril had tried to escape as a boy from an institution in Nigeria that called itself a place of Islamic teachings, he said he...
Netanyahu to meet centrist rival in last-ditch bid to form unity government
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will make a final effort this week to salvage a deal from talks to form a unity government with his...