AFP, BEIRUT: Syrian and Russian warplanes have launched a wave of air strikes in northern Syria, killing dozens in areas held by a rebel alliance battling to take control of second city Aleppo. The strikes, which began on Saturday and were continuing on Sunday, killed at least 45 civilians in Aleppo…

AFP, GENEVA: Swiss police said Sunday there was so far no indication that an attacker’s knife rampage on a train, which injured six passengers, was an act of terror. “The question of motive remains,” police from Switzerland’s eastern Saint Gallen region said in a statement, stressing:…

AFP, MANILA: Protests took place Sunday in Manila over Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s plans to honour the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos…

AFP, BANGKOK: Thai authorities know who was behind a wave of bombings that rocked tourist destinations and killed four people, a police spokesman said Sunday, though officials remained tight-lipped on the details of their probe. At least two men have been held for questioning over the blasts in Hua…

AFP, ISTANBUL: For centuries, it has been the main commercial artery running through the heart of Istanbul, attracting thousands of people every day for shopping, entertainment or historic sightseeing. But following a string of deadly attacks and the failed coup of July 15, Istiklal Avenue now faces…

AFP, BAGHDAD: A fire that killed 13 children in an Iraqi maternity ward was apparently started intentionally, the health ministry’s spokesman said on Sunday. Ahmed al-Rudeini had previously said the Wednesday fire at Yarmuk Hospital, one of the main such facilities in Baghdad, had been started…