Merck’s Keytruda sets new five-year survival standard for advanced lung cancer
Nearly a quarter of patients who received Merck & Co’s immunotherapy Keytruda as an initial treatment for advanced lung cancer were still alive after five...
Blast at central Russian explosives plant injures at least two: reports
A blast at an explosives plant in the town of Dzerzhinsk in central Russia injured at least two people on Saturday, RIA news agency reported,...
U.S. won’t ‘tiptoe’ around China with Asia stability at threat: defense chief
The United States will no longer “tiptoe” around Chinese behavior in Asia, with stability in the region threatened on issues ranging from the South China...
Floods prevent attempts to reach wreck as Danube cruise captain in court
The captain of a passenger cruiser that collided with a pleasure boat that capsized on the Danube, killing South Korean tourists on board, was due...
China says U.S. actions on Taiwan, South China Sea threaten stability
The United States’ actions on Taiwan and the South China Sea are hardly conducive to maintaining stability in the region, a senior Chinese military official...
Pope urges Hungarians, Romanians to put troubles behind them
Pope Francis urged ethnic Hungarians and Romanians to put their troubled past behind them on Saturday as bad weather disrupted his visit to Transylvania, forcing...
Fire at migrant camp in Bosnia injures 29: police
Twenty-nine migrants were injured in a fire that broke out early on Saturday at a migrant camp in the northwestern Bosnian town of Velika Kladusa,...
Quakes in Albania damage some homes, five reported injured
Six earthquakes in the space of two hours, the first with a magnitude of 5.3, shook south-eastern Albania on Saturday, injuring five people and causing...
Afghan Taliban leader pledges to keep fighting until goals met
The head of the Afghan Taliban pledged on Saturday to continue fighting until the movement’s objectives were reached and indicated it was still not ready...
U.S. defense chief swipes at China, warns of instability
Acting U.S. Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan has suggested during a meeting in Singapore that China was responsible for a range of destabilising activities in Asia....