Taiwan hopes to continue its close cooperation with the United States, the island’s de facto U.S. ambassador told Antony Blinken, a longtime confidant of President-elect Joe Biden, as Taiwan moves to shore up ties with the new administration. Claimed by China but democratically ruled,...

Despite signing a ceasefire agreement in northern Idlib province with Turkey in March, Russia continues to test new weapons by targeting civilians in the rebel-held region. Our sources confirmed that two weeks ago, Russia began testing KYB-UAV “kamikaze drones”. A week ago, a...

 Liverpool defender Joe Gomez faces a lengthy spell on the sidelines after undergoing knee surgery Thursday, leaving manager Jurgen Klopp grappling with a deepening defensive crisis. The centre-back damaged a tendon in his left knee Wednesday during an England training session....

Fouad Boulos returned to Beirut in 2007 from the United States having trained there in pathology and laboratory medicine. He was so confident that Lebanon was the right place to be that he gave up his American residence green card. Fourteen years later he is leaving his homeland with his...