WASHINGTON, Jo Biddle- Seeking to boldly go where few politicians have gone before, more than 30 space-faring nations gathered Thursday to map out ways to pool mankind's efforts to explore the stars....
PARIS- A closely-watched prototype therapy to inject corrective genes into the brain to treat Parkinson's disease has cleared an important safety hurdle, doctors said Friday. Tested on 15 volunteers...
WASHINGTON- Vice President Joe Biden called Nuri al-Maliki for the second time this week as US pressure mounted on the Iraqi premier over an Al-Qaeda surge in the violence-plagued country. Biden...
VATICAN CITY- Pope Francis's visit to the Middle East in May will inevitably have a "political dimension" and there are high expectations also among the Muslim population, the Latin patriarch of...
WASHINGTON- The intestine of an American cholera victim from the mid-1800s has yielded new clues to the evolution of the deadly bacterium and may help prevent future outbreaks, researchers said...
DAMASCUS- Syrian rebels overran the Aleppo headquarters of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), as claims emerged that the Al-Qaeda linked group had massacred prisoners there in cold...
RAMADI- An Al-Qaeda-linked group called on Iraqi Sunnis who have seized one city and part of another to keep battling government forces, as fighting and attacks killed 56 people Tuesday. Parts of...
CAIRO- An Egyptian labour ministry official and three trade union activists were kidnapped in the Sinai Tuesday, the ministry said, and police were investigating whether militants were behind the...
DAMASCUS- Syrian rebels laid siege to jihadists from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in their northern stronghold Monday, hoping to crush the Al-Qaeda affiliate accused of widespread abuses....
WASHINGTON- Meditation may help ease anxiety and depression in certain patients, and in some cases the practice may be as effective as taking anti-depressant medications, said a study Monday....
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