n">A powerful earthquake measuring 6.0 magnitude struck Ecuador on Thursday, as the country was still struggling to recover from a deadly quake that killed 587 people, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said. n"> The quake's epicenter was 100 km (62 miles) north-northwest of...

Five global public relations firms have made pitches to the Chinese government for a potential new campaign, four sources said, as Beijing tries to communicate more effectively with the West.  The competition by the leading Western PR companies comes amid intensifying...

(Reporting by Elaph Qaddah; Translation by Rana Abdul) (Zaman Al Wasl)- The Syrian sport has brought back to the headlines again after the World Karate Federation has agreed on the participation of the Free Syrian team, group of athletes who defected Syrian regime, in the Open European...

n">An Italian student who was tortured and murdered in Egypt had been detained by police and then transferred to a compound run by Homeland Security the day he vanished, intelligence and police sources say. The claims contradict the official Egyptian account that security services...