Health

Apr 9, 2018

Pakistan launches new polio vaccination drive

Pakistani official says new polio vaccination drive launched across country, seeking to reach 38.7 million children


Apr 2, 2018

Saudi-led airstrike kills 14 in Yemen

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


Apr 2, 2018

Turkey, Russia deepen ties amid troubled relations with West

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


Mar 28, 2018

Correction: Pakistan story

Correction: Pakistan story


Mar 23, 2018

Afghan army faulted for sloppiness with blood-type testing

US watchdog faults Afghan army, says sloppiness with blood testing may have led to deaths of wounded soldiers


Mar 17, 2018

WHO says diphtheria infected over 1,300 people in Yemen

The World Health Organization says the diphtheria outbreak in war-torn Yemen has spread rapidly nationwide and infected over 1,300 people


Mar 16, 2018

Indian hospital: Hillary Clinton treated for minor injury

The head of an Indian hospital says Hillary Clinton was treated there for a minor injury


Mar 16, 2018

Police: Doctor tested sex of fetus in car in Indian forest

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


Mar 4, 2018

Child sex abuse in Turkey sparks debate on best prevention

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.


Feb 20, 2018

UNICEF says Pakistan is riskiest country for newborns

UNICEF says Pakistan has world's highest neonatal mortality rate; 46 out of every 1,000 children born in Pakistan die