BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian rebels who crossed into Lebanon and raided a border town have killed eight Lebanese soldiers, the military said Sunday, as clashes there continued overnight in the most serious spillover yet in the tiny country from its neighbor's civil war. The fighting...

Pioneering device facilitates doctor-patient interface  A robot promises to change the way doctors and patients interact in certain UAE hospitals. A next-generation robot, called VGo, is now being used to enhance patient-doctor interface and help manage hospitals better....

An explosion has killed 68 people and injured 187 at a Chinese factory that makes wheels for US carmakers, including General Motors, state media said. The blast happened in Kunshan, a city in the eastern Jiangsu province, on Saturday morning. A preliminary...

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel bombarded the southern Gaza town of Rafah on Saturday as troops searched for an officer they believe was captured by Hamas in an ambush that shattered a humanitarian cease-fire and set the stage for a major escalation of the 26-day-old war....