Five people, including two soldiers, were killed as Sudanese troops crushed a rebellion launched by agents of the country’s long-feared security agency against a restructuring plan, officials and medics said yesterday. On Tuesday, heavy gunfire broke out at several Khartoum bases of the Directorate…

The Swiss will in May vote on a proposal that could dramatically limit immigration from the EU, six years after a similar referendum nearly destroyed…

President Hassan Rouhani yesterday called for “national unity” and flagged the need for changes to the way Iran is run after the accidental…

A new virus from the same family as the deadly SARS pathogen could have been spread between family memb-ers in the China city of Wuhan, authorities said yesterday. The outbreak, which has killed one person, has caused alarm because of the link with SARS (Sudden Acute Respiratory Syndrome), which killed…

Women approaching menopause who have frequent sex are less likely to cross that threshold than women of the same age who are not as active sexually, researchers said yesterday. On average, intimate relations at least once a week reduced the chances of entering menopause by 28 percent compared to women…

Elizabeth Warren made a forceful case for a female president and stood behind her accusation suggesting sexism by progressive rival Bernie Sanders Tuesday…

ISRAEL ‘STRIKE’ KILLS 3 IRAN-BACKED FIGHTERS IN SYRIA AFP, Beirut A missile strike on a Syrian airbase that Damascus blamed on Israel killed at least three Iran-backed militiamen, a monitor said yesterday. Four missiles hit the T4 base in Homs province, north of the capital, at around 10:00…