BAGHDAD, Salam Faraj- An Iraqi pharmacist just back from his studies in the United States was among at least 18 people killed in a spate of attacks across the country over the weekend, officials said...
Today Sunday August 15th, 2010 is also the 5th day of Ramadan the Muslims holy month of fasting. While Syria is witnessing an extreme unprecedented heat wave, Haitham Maleh, a 79 years old devout...
GAZA CITY- Sixteen members of a committee created by the UN Human Rights Council to follow up on a UN report into the Gaza war arrived in the enclave late on Saturday, the Hamas movement said.
The...
SYDNEY- Australian scientists have discovered a cluster of brilliant shallow-water corals that could help in the search for anti-cancer drugs and to understand global warming, a researcher said...
PARIS- Reporters Without Borders criticised Thursday the WikiLeaks website's "incredible irresponsibility" in publishing the names of Afghans who had helped international troops fighting insurgents....
PARIS, Marlowe Hood- Human ancestors were using stone tools to carve meat from the bone of wild animals nearly a million years earlier than thought, according to a study unveiled Wednesday.
Two...
VIENNA- Horror of horrors: Austria's latest star, Oscar-winner and "Inglourious Basterd" Christoph Waltz, is not Austrian after all, local media reported Thursday.
"Revealed: Waltz is not...
WASHINGTON- In what is believed to be a medical first, researchers have used stem cells from bone marrow to repair the skin of young patients with a painful and usually deadly skin disease, a study...
NEW YORK- A parole hearing for John Lennon's assassin was delayed until September Tuesday, a court official said, as the famed Beatles star's killer sought conditional release after nearly 30 years...
LONDON- Mankind's only chance of long-term survival lies in colonising space, as humans drain Earth of resources and face a terrifying array of new threats, warned British scientist Stephen Hawking...