PARIS- Scientists unveiled fossils from west Africa Thursday that push back the dawn of multicellular life on Earth by at least 1.5 billion years. Just how complex the newly discovered organisms...

WASHINGTON, Rob Lever and Virginie Montet - The case reads like a plot from a cheap spy thriller, but analysts say the breakup of an alleged Russian undercover network in the United States shows that...

VIENNA- Prehistoric man enjoyed a primitive version of cinema, according to Austrian and British researchers, who are currently seeking to recreate these ancient visual displays. Rock engravings...

CAIRO- Israel's embassy in Cairo has accused a newspaper run by Egypt's ruling party of publishing an "anti-Semitic" cartoon that compared Israeli soldiers to Nazis, an embassy spokeswoman said on...

BEIRUT- Lebanon arrested on Monday three people who allegedly used the social networking website Facebook to slander President Michel Sleiman, a judicial source said. "General prosecutor Said...

ROME- A simple blood test can give an accurate pointer of when a woman will hit the menopause, according to research to be presented at a fertility conference here on Monday. If confirmed by other...

LOS ANGELES- Record breaking "Toy Story 3" continued its extended playtime atop the North American box office with a 59-million-dollar take over the weekend, initial figures showed Sunday. After...

TORONTO- Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip is "not sustainable" in its current form and must be changed to allow more aid through to its Palestinian population, G8 leaders said Saturday. In a...

PARIS- French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy called Saturday for the world to come up with the "billions of dollars" needed to make AIDS history, possibly through a global tax. "We have a historic...