Pakistan launches new polio vaccination drive
Apr 9, 2018
Pakistani official says new polio vaccination drive launched across country, seeking to reach 38.7 million children
Saudi-led airstrike kills 14 in Yemen
Apr 2, 2018
A senior Yemeni health official says an airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition near Yemen's Red Sea port of Hodeida killed at least 14 people on Monday
Turkey, Russia deepen ties amid troubled relations with West
Apr 2, 2018
Ties between Russia and Turkey are growing closer than ever, as Russia runs into widespread diplomatic fallout from the poisoned spy scandal and Turkey's relations with its Western allies worsens over human rights issues and its military invasion of Syria
Afghan army faulted for sloppiness with blood-type testing
Mar 23, 2018
US watchdog faults Afghan army, says sloppiness with blood testing may have led to deaths of wounded soldiers
WHO says diphtheria infected over 1,300 people in Yemen
Mar 17, 2018
The World Health Organization says the diphtheria outbreak in war-torn Yemen has spread rapidly nationwide and infected over 1,300 people
Indian hospital: Hillary Clinton treated for minor injury
Mar 16, 2018
The head of an Indian hospital says Hillary Clinton was treated there for a minor injury
Police: Doctor tested sex of fetus in car in Indian forest
Mar 16, 2018
Police say an Indian doctor charged $460 and conducted illegal prenatal gender tests in his car in an Indian forest, powering the ultrasound with a portable generator
Child sex abuse in Turkey sparks debate on best prevention
Mar 4, 2018
The suspected rape of a 4-year-old girl in Turkey's Adana province has shocked the country, leading to a public outcry and calls for the government to better prevent child sexual abuse.
UNICEF says Pakistan is riskiest country for newborns
Feb 20, 2018
UNICEF says Pakistan has world's highest neonatal mortality rate; 46 out of every 1,000 children born in Pakistan die