Afghanistan is sending fresh reinforcements to the embattled provincial capital of Ghazni, officials said Monday, where residents described Taliban fighters openly roaming the streets as dead bodies lie on the roadsides. Four days after the Taliban launched an assault on the strategic...

Medics tried to kick open a jammed ambulance door while a badly hurt Chinese footballer lay prone on the pitch for several minutes, fighting for breath. Italian legend Fabio Cannavaro, coach of Chinese Super League (CSL) champions Guangzhou Evergrande, was left angered and fans and...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A kidnapped field doctor in northwestern Syria has been freed after family paid $100,000 ransom, local sources said Sunday.   Dr. Khalil al-Agha, Head of Health Directorate in opposition-held areas in coastal region and one of the medics who joined the...

A large fire broke out Sunday on the Greek island of Evia near Athens, the government said, with two villages evacuated, less than a month after over 90 people died in Greece's worst-ever wildfire. "The prime minister is in close contact with the interior minister over the large fire in...