WASHINGTON- People with a common heart defect are several times more likely to suffer brain aneurysms than those who do not have the problem, according to a study published Monday.
Some two...
AMMAN- Jordan's King Abdullah II said on Sunday that impasse in the Middle East peace process could lead to more violence in the region, and warned that everyone would suffer if that happened....
WASHINGTON- US President Barack Obama on Saturday joked about his diminished approval ratings at an annual dinner with US journalists.
"It's been quite a year since I've spoken here last. Lots of...
ALUMOT, Patrick Moser- The once mighty Jordan River, where Christians believe Jesus was baptised, is now little more than a polluted stream that could die next year unless the decay is halted,...
"There are increased indications that terrorists are planning imminent attacks in New Delhi," the US embassy said in a statement on its website, urging tourists to avoid half-a-dozen of the city's...
EREZ CROSSING- More than 2,000 Palestinians held May Day demonstrations on Saturday near the Erez crossing with Israel and the Rafah border with Egypt to protest at the lockdown of Gaza.
"We call...
DHAKA- Global media watchdog Reporters Without Borders on Saturday urged Bangladesh's prime minister to order a probe into the death of a veteran journalist who died after being attacked.
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LOS ANGELES- Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese are among a slew of Hollywood heavyweights who have signed a petition calling on Iran to release jailed director Jafar Panahi.
Spielberg and...
UNITED NATIONS- UN special envoy Terje Roed-Larsen said Thursday that the risk of conflict in the Middle East has eased but warned that the presence of heavily armed militias in Lebanon in violation...
DAMASCUS- Iraq's banned Baath party, booted out of power in the 2003 US-led invasion, held its first public meeting in the Syrian capital on Thursday.
"We have launched negotiations to reunite the...