WASHINGTON- A bright gamma-ray flash seen in March came from a distant galaxy nearly four billion light years away where a Sun-sized star was being eaten by a black hole, US astronomers said...

JISR AL-SHUGUR- Syrian authorities launched a media offensive on Wednesday in the face of a mounting outcry over its deadly crackdown on dissent, taking journalists on an escorted tour of a key...

WASHINGTON, Joseph Krauss- A plunge in US violent crime over the last two years despite the economic downturn appears to confirm what experts have long known -- that poverty alone does not drive...

BENGHAZI, Jean-Pierre Campagne- Libyan rebels were on a diplomatic upswing Tuesday, gaining Canada's recognition one day after Germany's, and made some gains on the western battle front against...

WASHINGTON- A review of published studies in the past 40 years has shown a higher risk of diabetes, heart problems and early death among people who watch lots of television, US researchers said...

WASHINGTON- The unmasking of the author of the blog "Gay Girl in Damascus" as a middle-aged American man has led to the discovery that the editor of a popular US lesbian news site, Lez Get Real, is...

TUNIS- The trial in absentia of ousted Tunisian strongman Zine el Abidine Ben Ali, in exile in Saudi Arabia, will start on June 20, interim Prime Minister Beji Caid Essebsi told Al-Jazeera on...

DAMASCUS- The Syrian army pressed a scorched earth campaign in the northern mountains on Monday even as state media said two top officials had been banned from foreign travel in a state probe into...

NEW YORK, Mariano Andrade- Satirical musical "The Book of Mormon" and spectacular production "War Horse" were among big winners late Sunday at an annual Tony Awards ceremony celebrating the best of...