• Exercise Helps Manage Hip Arthritis Pain, Finds New Study

  Water or land based exercise should provide some short-term benefit in pain management for hip osteoarthritis, though there are few well-designed trials testing it, according to a new review.

  

• Three International Space Station Crewmen Land Safely In Kazakhstan

  Three International Space Station crew members landed in the snowy steppe to the northeast of the Kazakh city of Zhezkazgan on Friday, a NASA Television broadcast showed.

  

• Putin Says Russia Backs Free Syrian Army alongside Assad troops

  President Vladimir Putin said on Friday Russia supports the opposition Free Syrian Army, providing it with air support, arms and ammunition in joint operations with Syrian troops against Islamist militants.

  

• Alibaba Agrees to Buy South China Morning Post in Hong Kong

  Alibaba Group Holding Ltd has agreed to buy Hong Kong's flagship English-language newspaper, the South China Morning Post (SCMP), in the most politically sensitive acquisition by the e-commerce giant to date.

  

• Islamic State Truck Bombs Kill Up To 60 People in Syrian Town: Kurds

  A triple truck bomb attack claimed by Islamic State in northeastern Syria killed at least 50 people and wounded 80 others, a spokesman for the Kurdish militia that controls the area said on Friday.