WASHINGTON- Leukemia patients with more genes associated with cancer stem cells have a "significantly poorer prognosis," according to findings published Tuesday.
A Stanford University study found...
NEW YORK, Sebastian Smith- A stuntman playing Spider-Man in Broadway's most expensive show ever plunged to the stage in front of a horrified audience, dealing the troubled production yet another...
JERUSALEM- Members of Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas' Fatah party asked Israel to attack rival Palestinian movement Hamas in 2007, diplomatic cables leaked by whistleblower WikiLeaks show.
The...
WASHINGTON- Autistic children have difficulty finding things such as shoes in a bedroom or apples at a supermarket, impairing their ability to lead normal lives, according to a study published...
KUWAIT CITY- A prominent Kuwaiti academic, Obaid al-Wasmi, has been detained on suspicion of undermining the status of the emir, his lawyer said on Sunday.
"The public attorney ordered professor...
PARIS- Life on Earth dramatically surged around three billion years ago, possibly when primitive forms developed more efficient ways to harness energy from sunlight, according to a study published on...
WASHINGTON, Olivier Knox- The United States stood Saturday on the cusp of letting gays serve openly in its military for the first time, as the US Congress sent President Barack Obama a bill to bring...
GAZA CITY- Five Palestinians were killed as Israeli warplanes struck the Gaza Strip late on Saturday, Israel's military and Palestinian sources said.
Warplanes hit central Gaza to take out a squad...
NEW DELHI- The parents of India's ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi opposed her marriage to former premier Rajiv Gandhi, US embassy cables provided by WikiLeaks revealed Saturday.
Gandhi,...
NEW YORK- Human Rights Watch called on Friday for Syrian authorities to release an opposition activist who criticised last year's presidential poll in Iran, an ally of Damascus.
"Syrian...