PARIS- British scientists said on Wednesday they had created an embryo that contained genetic material from a man and two women in a groundbreaking step in the fight against a vicious inherited...

CAIRO- A toe belonging to the father of famed boy pharaoh Tutankhamun has been returned to Egypt nearly a century after it was stolen, the Supreme Council of Antiquities said on Wednesday. The toe...

LONDON- A dominant theory about planets has been challenged by the discovery of nine worlds transiting distant stars, astronomers reported on Tuesday. The belief that planets always orbit their...

MADRID- Spain's Supreme Court Tuesday upheld a decision to drop an investigation that targeted Israeli officials for alleged crimes against humanity over a deadly 2002 air raid in Gaza. The Madrid...

LONDON- The widower of British reality television star Jade Goody twice raped a teenager after pestering her for a threesome, a court heard Monday. Jack Tweed, 22, raped the then 19-year-old twice...

ANKARA, Burak Akinci - With bruising criticism of Israel and defence of Iran, and onslaughts against Turkey's army and secularists, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has stoked questions on where...

MOSCOW, Christopher Boian- Appalling as it is, the plane tragedy that killed Poland's president is a potential game-changer in thorny Russian-Polish ties that may impact broader East-West relations...

OMDURMAN, Jailan Zayan- Sudan's first female presidential candidate knows she stands no chance against President Omar al-Beshir, but says her ambitious bid will allow future generations of women to...

JOHANNESBURG- South African President Jacob Zuma said Saturday that he would take measures against the ruling party's youth wing after its fiery leader insulted a BBC journalist and kicked him out of...