WASHINGTON (dpa) - The total eclipse of the sun over parts of the US on Monday is not only exciting for lay people. Researchers plan to make the most of the rare natural occurrence to gain new...
LONDON, Robin Powell and Maggie Penman (dpa) - A sizeable crowd stood to listen in London's Parliament Square on Monday to hear Big Ben's last regular chimes for four years, as renovation begins on...
BERLIN (dpa) - Europe's big cities are increasingly on high alert for terror attacks. Here are the most recent major incidents. BARCELONA, August 17, 2017: A van rams into the evening crowds on...
Washington - The United States is determined to bring the full weight of US economic and diplomatic power to bear in its efforts to end the political crisis in Venezuela, Vice President Mike Pence...
Bogota - Colombia declared its conflict with The Revolutionary Armed Force of Colombia (FARC) officially over Tuesday, as the rebel group handed over the last of its weapons. The leftist FARC,...
Cincinnati, Ohio - The injury-hit Cincinnati Masters suffered another blow on Tuesday as Milos Raonic withdrew with a left wrist complaint. The injury-prone Canadian's pull-out leaves the last...
Athens - More than 500 firefighters, soldiers and volunteers with three aeroplanes and four helicopters were engaged Tuesday in an effort to subdue fires north of Athens. "We hope to...
Israel's Arabic-speaking Druze religious minority is routinely thrust onto the frontlines of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. When two Druze police officers were killed by Israeli Arab attackers,...
Berlin (dpa) - The Dalai Lama has cancelled his five-day trip to Botswana next week due to "exhaustion," his office said in a statement Saturday. "During the past few weeks, His Holiness has...
Tokyo (dpa) - The Japanese military deployed four surface-to-air missile interceptors in western Japan on Saturday, local media reported, after North Korea said it plans to fire rockets near the US...