AFP, MUNICH: German police said Friday they had found the bodies of “probably seven” babies in an apartment in the southern state of Bavaria after being alerted by a local resident. “Officers found several bodies of infants. The police and prosecutor... believe that there are probably…

AFP, YANGON:  Victory for Mynamar’s Aung San Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy party holds the hope of a new beginning for a nation…

AFP, WASHINGTON:  Two US B-52 bombers flew close to disputed islands in the South China Sea claimed by Beijing and were given verbal warnings from a Chinese air traffic controller, the Pentagon said Thursday. It is just the latest challenge from Washington to Beijing over the fate of the Spratly…

AFP, BEIRUT: Lebanon on Friday mourned 43 people killed in south Beirut in a twin bombing claimed by the Islamic State group, the bloodiest such attack in years. The Red Cross said at least 239 people were also wounded, several in critical condition, in the blasts that hit a busy shopping street in…

AFP, BAGHDAD: Attacks targeting Shiites in Baghdad, including a suicide bombing at a funeral in a mosque, killed at least 19 people Friday, security and medical officials said. The suicide bombing inside the Al-Ashara al-Mubashareen mosque in the Amil area of south Baghdad killed at least 17 people…