WASHINGTON- In the movie "Finding Nemo," a father clownfish swims across the ocean to find the son he lost, but in reality, it's the babies that make long journeys to survive. In their first days of...
JAKARTA- Nobel laureate V.S. Naipaul has been dropped by an international literary festival in Bali after the event refused to meet his "11th-hour request" for a $20,000 fee to appear, its organisers...
BAGHDAD- The Iraqi parliament voted down Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi's nominees for defence and interior minister Tuesday, leaving the key positions unfilled as the country battles to regain...
WELLINGTON- Scientists said Tuesday a female colossal squid weighing an estimated 350 kilograms (770 lbs) and thought to be only the second intact specimen ever found was carrying eggs when...
CAIRO- A court in Egypt on Monday jailed Muslim Brotherhood chief Mohamed Badie to life in prison for inciting clashes that killed six people, in his third such sentence. The 71-year-old has already...
PARIS, Richard Carter, Marianne Barriaux- The world's top diplomats pledged Monday to support Iraq in its fight against Islamic State militants by "any means necessary", including "appropriate...
FRANKFURT, Carsten Hauptmeier- An alleged German jihadist went on trial Monday accused of fighting in Syria for the Islamic State group, amid calls for tougher action to prevent attacks in Europe by...
GAZA CITY, Sakher Abu El Oun- As hundreds of thousands of Palestinian children returned to school in Gaza on Sunday, Azhar recited a poem eulogising her father, killed by Israeli shelling in the...
PARIS- Scientists said Sunday they had invented a device that uses a magnet to extract bacteria, fungi and toxins from blood, potentially throwing a lifeline to patients with sepsis and other...
CAIRO, Nicolas Revise- US Secretary of State John Kerry said Saturday Egypt was on the frontline against "terrorism" after he met its leadership to garner support to fight Islamic State jihadists in...
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