Lebanon’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Adnan Mansour called Iran’s offer to supply Lebanon with 200-400 MW of electricity “positive and said Tehran is ready to deliver the promised ...

Several kindergartens in a province in northern China are charging parents $230 for a palm-reading test they claim can predict their toddlers’ intelligence and potential, state ...

Scour is a significant concern for owners and operators of offshore structures, as erosion of the sediment in the vicinity of a structure can lead to a lowering of the seabed directly ...

The Japanese publisher Shogakukan is partnering with Japan Airlines (JAL) to introduce “Sky Manga,” the world’s first airline manga reader. Beginning next year, ...

Arab League chief Nabil al-Arabi said on Monday he was consulting Arab foreign ministers on Syria’s last-ditch effort to avoid new sanctions by offering to allow an observer mission ...

A CEASEFIRE offered by General Mohamed Farah Aideed at the beginning of September was turned down by the United Nations special representative in Somalia, the retired admiral, Jonathan ...

The guarantee is currently being offered by about 20 private and a few public colleges, says Tony Pals, a spokesman for the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, ...

He will use his State of the Union address to portray the goals of his presidency as a lasting economic recovery built on “opportunity and fairness”, aides said. The ...

The British government has offered to pay compensation to the families of the victims of Bloody Sunday. Paratroopers opened fire on protesters in Londonderry, Northern Ireland on 30 ...

Thousands of Egyptians returned to protest in central Cairo on Wednesday despite the country’s military rulers promising a speedier handover of power. Clashes between demonstrators ...