SAN JOSÉ, UNITED STATES, Jean-Louis Santini- The vast majority of scientists -- 87 percent -- think they should play an active role in debates on public policy, according to a poll of US scientists...

PARIS, FRANCE- Police in the Danish capital Copenhagen shot dead a man Sunday they believe carried out fatal shootings at a cultural centre hosting a debate on Islam and free speech and at the city's...

BEIRUT, LEBANON- Lebanese paid their respects Saturday to former prime minister Rafiq Hariri a decade after his assassination in a massive and shocking suicide bombing that destabilised the fragile...

BEIRUT, LEBANON- Regime troops shelled rebel-held villages in southern Syria Thursday, as a snowstorm slowed an advance led by Lebanon's Hezbollah near the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, a monitor...

NEW YORK, UNITED STATES- It was a brief meeting in New York between two ambitious politicians understood to be fervently seeking top office in their respective countries. But before London Mayor...

WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES- The United States added German former rapper Denis Cuspert to its list of "terrorists" over his role as a fighter with the Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq, the State...

MIAMI, UNITED STATES- An experimental "smart insulin" that acts for 14 hours has shown promise in mice and could be tested in people with type 1 diabetes in two years, researchers said Monday. The...

MIAMI, UNITED STATES- Scientists have unraveled the mystery of how the Costa Rican coral snake's venom causes seizures in its victims, a finding that could boost research into schizophrenia, epilepsy...

PARIS, FRANCE, Tangi Quemener- An ultra-rare Ferrari that once belonged to actor Alain Delon and was discovered rusting under a pile of old magazines on a French farm fetched 14.2 million euros...