U.S. drugstore chain operator CVS Health Corp (CVS.N) said on Sunday it had agreed to acquire U.S. health insurer Aetna Inc (AET.N) for $69 billion, seeking to tackle soaring healthcare spending through lower-cost medical services in pharmacies. This year’s largest corporate...

Members of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) gathered Saturday to vote on new leadership after the party's triumphant turnout in September's general election, as thousands staged street protests against the anti-immigrant, anti-Islam party. The AfD captured nearly 13 percent...

The United Nations Thursday appealed for 500 patients, many at risk of death, to be urgently evacuated from Syria's Eastern Ghouta region, one of the last rebel-held strongholds. Jan Egeland, advisor to the UN's special envoy for Syria, told a press conference in Geneva that there are...

Former Egyptian Premier Ahmed Shafiq said on Wednesday the United Arab Emirates (UAE) was preventing him from travelling to his country after he announced his plans to run in Egypt's presidential elections next year. In an exclusive interview with Qatar-based Al Jazeera television,...