SYDNEY- One of Australia's four major banks launched a bold new smartphone application Wednesday, offering househunters a virtual peek into their dream home and instant data simply by pointing their...

PARIS, Marlowe Hood- The Mediterranean Sea's exquisitely rich mix of flora and fauna is more threatened than marine life anywhere else on Earth, according to a landmark scientific survey released...

WASHINGTON- The United States said Monday now is the right time for Palestinians and Israelis to resume direct negotiations, warning there would be consequences if they failed to do so. State...

DAMASCUS- A Syrian human rights group on Sunday urged the authorities to free from jail an opposition writer who is still in jail nearly two months after completing his sentence. "We regret the...

OSAKA- Japanese researchers Sunday unveiled a robot that can mimic speech and gestures sent to it by video-phone, replicating a distant caller's presence. Dubbed the Telenoid R1, the robot will...

PESHAWAR, Lehaz Ali- Rescue workers and troops in northwest Pakistan struggled Saturday to reach thousands of people affected by the country's worst floods in living memory, as the death toll rose to...

GAZA CITY- Israeli warplanes fired missiles at several targets in the Gaza Strip on Friday wounding eight people, witnesses and medics said after a rocket fired from the strip hit a southern Israeli...

UNITED NATIONS- UN chief Ban Ki-moon pressed Israel Friday to further ease its blockade of the Gaza Strip and to restrain settlement activity in the occupied West Bank as he met Israeli Defense...

PARIS- Ordinary calcium supplements taken by the elderly to strengthen bones may boost the risk of heart attacks, according to a study released Friday. The findings, published in the British...