WASHINGTON- The Clarion nightsnake, a reptilian species believed lost, has resurfaced in Mexico, a US museum said Monday. Brownish black in color and sporting spots on its head and neck, it was found...
CAIRO- Gunmen travelling in a car opened fire on Tuesday on a group of Egyptian policemen outside Cairo's Al-Azhar university, killing three and wounding nine others, the interior ministry said. The...
LONDON- Philip Roth, widely regarded as one of the greatest US novelists of his generation, has confirmed he will be retiring from writing and from the public stage during a "final" interview with...
RAFAH- Aid convoys from Algeria and Jordan crossed Sunday from Egypt into Israeli-blockaded Gaza with $2.5 million (1.8 million euros) worth of supplies, the Palestinian territory's Hamas government...
TRIPOLI, Imed Lamloum- Armed groups attacked Libya's interim parliament and an air base in the east Sunday, adding to turmoil in the troubled country where a rogue general has launched an offensive...
BERLIN- German Chancellor Angela Merkel wants to celebrate her 60th birthday at a reception with hundreds of guests by inviting a scientist to give a lecture, a report said Sunday. Merkel, a trained...
HOMS, Rana Moussaoui- More than 100 rebels who surrendered to the Syrian government in the hope of an amnesty have languished for months in a detention centre in Homs, fearing re-arrest or...
BENGHAZI- At least 79 people have been killed and 141 others wounded in fierce clashes in eastern Libya between armed groups loyal to a rogue ex-general and Islamist militias, a health ministry...
BUENOS AIRES, Sonia Avalos- Paleontologists in Argentina's remote Patagonia region have discovered fossils of what may be the largest dinosaur ever, amid a vast cache of fossils that could shed light...
UNITED NATIONS- United Nations peacekeepers should use force more frequently to protect civilians under attack but often fail to do so because they are afraid of court action, an internal report...
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