Offbeat

In the early morning heat and dust, daily practice at the Rambo Circus is in full swing. A trapeze creaks as two performers perfect their throws.

Fahad Al-Jubeir, mayor of the Eastern Province, received a Silver shield from Qatari Premier Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim Al-Thani for coming second place in the Architectura

Hope and human resilience are the guiding themes of the new permanent exhibit at Geneva’s International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum, which will finally re-op

CHICAGO: As the guitarist strums and softly sings a lullaby in Spanish, tiny Augustin Morales stops squirming in his hospital crib and closes his eyes.

GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories: Junk-food lovers Gazans can now order Kentucky Fried Chicken to go thanks to a new smuggling service which brings takeout from Egypt

MANILA: What do you do when two candidates running for mayor in the Philippines get exactly the same number of votes? You get them to toss a coin.

Doctors carried out life-saving surgery yesterday on an Indian baby suffering from a rare disorder that caused her head to swell to nearly double its size, in a case that aroused sympathy worldwide

Skateboarders soar out of the concrete bowl beneath London’s Southbank Center, as they have done for the past 40 years, while hiphop beats stoke up the party atmosphere.

NEW DELHI: State-run carrier Air India says the cockpit door of one of its planes got jammed during a flight while the captain was using the toilet, forcing an unscheduled landing by the co-pilot in c

SEATTLE, Washington: A Seattle man trying to dribble a soccer ball 10,000 miles (16,000 kilometers) to Brazil in time for the 2014 World Cup died Tuesday after being hit by a pickup truck on the Or