LONDON- Edwin Morgan, the Scottish national poet, died Thursday at the age of 90, the Scottish Poetry Library said. He was suffering from pneumonia. Morgan was named as the first Scottish national...

PARIS- If a human ever sets foot on Mars, will it be a giant step or an exhausted shuffle? Long-term space flight so weakens fitness that an astronaut heading to the Red Planet may lose up to half...

WASHINGTON- Erik Prince, founder of the notorious security firm Blackwater, planned to leave the United States and relocate this month to Abu Dhabi, according to US Department of Justice documents....

BLANTYRE- A Malawian girl has declined a scholarship to study medicine at a Chinese university over concerns that her religion is banned in the communist country, sponsors said Wednesday. Chikondi...

RIYADH- Saudi Arabia has raised 20.5 million dollars in aid on the first day of a national campaign for flood-striken Pakistan, state news agency SPA said Tuesday. King Abdullah kicked off the...

WASHINGTON, Karin Zeitvogel - Most young Americans entering university this year can't write in cursive, think email is too slow, that Beethoven's a dog and Michelangelo a computer virus, according...

COPENHAGEN- American music legend Bob Dylan, who has turned to painting in his later years, will unveil a new set of works in Copenhagen next month, the National Gallery of Denmark announced Monday....

JERUSALEM- Arab and Palestinian writers and intellectuals on Monday launched a new online magazine in Israel that aims to challenge taboos, including by featuring articles by gays and lesbians....

TORONTO- Britain's Andy Murray became the first man since Andre Agassi in 1995 to win back-to-back ATP Toronto Masters titles, defeating Roger Federer 7-5, 7-5, after withstanding multiple rain...