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Women who have illegal abortions should be punished, Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump said yesterday, before backpedalling after a firestorm erupted over just his latest controversial comment.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad yesterday reiterated his call for a national unity government, as the White House said his inclusion would make any such proposal a "non-starter"
The White House said Presidents Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin discussed Russia's planned military drawdown in Syria on Monday, hours after a shock announcement that signals a new phase in the five-year-old conflict.
An experimental blood test may one day be able to detect a range of diseases including cancer and multiple sclerosis, based on signatures of DNA from dying cells, researchers said on Monday.
France yesterday charged the main suspect in a foiled attack plot with membership of a terrorist organisation after police found an arsenal of weapons and explosives at his home.
US President Donald Trump said Wednesday he had forged good "chemistry" with China's Xi Jinping during their summit in Florida, adding that he believes Beijing is willing to work with Washington on North Korea.
