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For the first few years of life, boys and girls are mostly equal. They develop mentally at about the same rate, are disciplined similarly and are equally likely to start school, a new UNICEF study says. But the study suggests that gender differences begin to […]

President Barack Obama says the US will work with private companies on its plan to send humans to Mars in the 2030s. President Obama announced his proposals for a crewed mission to the Red Planet in 2010. But Nasa’s plan to realise this presidential vision […]

Hoping for a safe haven after fleeing the Islamic State in Iraq, many Yazidis who came to Turkey are instead finding a difficult and uncertain life. Confined mostly to Kurdish municipality-administered camps, they lack official refugee status, which leaves them in a legal limbo with […]

MANBIJ, SYRIA — Children in a Syrian town freed in August from the Islamic State militants are back in their regular classrooms after a near three-year absence. “I’m really grateful to see children back in their seats,” said Ahmed Hassan, a teacher at one of […]

At least 14 people have been killed in an attack on a shrine in the Afghan capital, Kabul as Shia Muslims prepared for a religious day of mourning. A crowd had gathered at the Karte Sakhi shrine for Ashura, a commemoration of the martyrdom of […]

Russian planes have resumed air strikes on rebel-held districts in the city of Aleppo, in what activists say is the heaviest bombardment in days. At least 25 people are reported to have died, including children. The bombardment follows a temporary lull called by the Syrian […]

Poutine annule une visite prévue de longue date en France, Hollande se dit “prêt à tout moment à le rencontrer”. OLJ/AFP Les tensions diplomatiques entre la France et la Russie liées à leurs divergences sur la Syrie ont culminé mardi avec l’annulation par Vladimir Poutine […]

Le secrétaire général du bloc parlementaire du “Changement et de la Réforme”, le député Ibrahim Kanaan s’est prononcé ce mardi, lors de la réunion hebdomadaire du Courant Patriotique Libre, présidée par le chef du parti, le député Michel Aoun, à Rabieh. “Dimanche sera une journée […]

– http://magazine.com.lb – Abra, Tripoli, Ersal, Nahr el-Bared, pas une bataille qui lui soit inconnue. Héros de l’armée, officier aux compétences exceptionnelles, Chamel Roukoz revient pour Magazine sur les moments forts de son expérience militaire et ses débuts tâtonnants en politique. Inédit. Un brin timide, […]