Injections of a new drug therapy benefited patients with a form of lupus in a Phase 3 clinical trial, researchers report. Belimumab was tested in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus,…
The King of Swaziland has given his country a new name: eSwatini. King Mswati III announced on Wednesday that his country will henceforth be referred to as the Kingdom of…
Prince Charles will be the next head of the British commonwealth, leaders agreed Friday — going along with Queen Elizabeth II’s wishes for her son to succeed her. Although the…
Russian President Vladimir Putin remains the country’s most trusted politician, but his rating in a state-run public opinion poll has fallen to below 50 percent. The weekly poll by VTsIOM,…
Four Palestinians were killed in protests on Friday at the Gaza-Israel border, the health officials said. Another 133 were injured, the Palestinian Red Crescent said, as Palestinians demonstrated at five…
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has returned to France the prestigious Légion d’honneur, saying he would not wear the award of a country that was a “slave” to the United States.…
British energy company BP said Thursday it signed off on the development of deepwater gas projects in India for a total investment of $6 billion. “These new developments will produce…
A British man was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday after a court found he deliberately infected five men with HIV and attempted to infect several others. Daryll Rowe, a…
For the first time in decades, someone outside the Castro family has assumed the presidency of Cuba, as Raúl Castro stepped down Thursday. Cuba’s election commission on Wednesday nominated First…
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 shook the Iranian southern province of Bushehr on Thursday, officials said. The earthquake’s epicenter was located in a sparsely populated area, and no…
