BEIJING: China’s top newspaper, decrying Washington as a trouble-maker, said on Monday US moves in the South China Sea like last week’s freedom of navigation operation will only cause China to strengthen its deployments in the disputed waterway. China’s foreign ministry said the USS Hopper destroyer came within 12 nautical ...

  ISTANBUL — Turkey on Sunday opened a new front in its assault on Kurdish militias in northern Syria, launching a ground offensive with allied Syrian rebels and injecting new uncertainty into an already volatile civil war. The land operation by Turkish forces, which began Sunday morning, comes as Turkey ...

Cambridge University study warns that sea operations will be ineffective unless demand is addressed   Britain’s strategy to tackle people smugglers sending migrants across the Mediterranean is doomed to fail, a new Cambridge University study has suggested. Wiretapped telephone conversations between gangs show there are no “kingpins” who can be ...

Under the Patronage of His Excellency the Minister of Information Melhem Riachy The Directorate of Lebanese Studies and Publications at the Ministry of Information has the honor to invite you to attend its fourth conference on Positive Media Time: Tuesday, 30 January, 2018 Place: Lebanese University – Faculty of Information- ...

FUNABASHI, Japan – The prime ministers of Japan and Australia toured a military training ground outside Tokyo Thursday, January 18, as the two countries seek to bolster defense ties in the face of the North Korean crisis. Malcolm Turnbull and Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe are hoping to thrash out a ...

Data shows the year was also one of the hottest three ever recorded, with scientists warning that the ‘climate tide is rising fast’   2017 was the hottest year since global records began that was not given an additional boost by the natural climate cycle El Niño, according to new ...

DNA and biomarkers could be used to detect and identify cancers, including five types for which there is currently no screening test   Scientists have made a major advance towards developing a blood test for cancer that could identify tumours long before a person becomes aware of symptoms. The new ...

BAGHDAD: The World Cup soccer tournament to be held in Russia in June and July will be an “attractive target” for Daesh given Russia’s role in the territorial defeat of the militant group, the UK-based analysis firm, IHS, said on Thursday. “A successful attack (in Russia) would provide a tremendous ...

LONDON: British and French leaders aim to deepen cooperation in tackling terrorism and the migration crisis at a bilteral summit near London Thursday, as Britain tries to strengthen ties before leaving the EU next year. Prime Minister Theresa May will meet President Emmanuel Macron — on his first official trip ...

Union says it has identified 3,500 examples of Russian mendacity An “orchestrated” propaganda campaign by the Russian government has been “extremely successful” at spreading disinformation throughout the European Union, the European Commission has warned. Julian King, the Commission’s security chief, said the EU had identified “3,500 examples of pro-Kremlin disinformation contradicting ...