PARIS - Hundreds of scientists sifting through genetic data from 122,000 people have quintupled the number of gene variants known to boost the risk of diabetes, a pair of studies released Sunday...

ISTANBUL - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday decried what he called Muslim leaders' inadequate response to Palestinian suffering in the Gaza Strip as "pitiful." He made the...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Deborah Pasmantier - "Hello," said the rescuer, a simple greeting that belied the enormity of the moment as Maria, Ariel and Lamy were pulled from the debris after surviving more than...

RABAT, Herve Guilbaud- "Watch more television" may become the order of the day in Morocco's Berber households after the first TV channel in their ancient but marginalised tongue, Amazigh, was...

REDFERN, Madeleine Coorey- Britain's Prince William has "his mother's heart" and his visit this week to Sydney's most infamous Aboriginal neighbourhood could open up new ties with indigenous people,...

Abu Dhabi, January 16, 2010 – The Secretary General of Sheikh Zayed Book Award, Mr. Rashed Al Oraimi, announced today that His Highness Dr. Sheikh Sultan bin Mohamed Al-Qasimi, Member of the Supreme...

WASHINGTON - Former US president Bill Clinton warned Friday that more bad days were ahead for Haiti, as the impoverished Caribbean nation struggles to cope with the aftermath of a devastating...

LONDON - Britain got its fourth three-star Michelin restaurant on Friday as French chef Alain Ducasse's restaurant at The Dorchester Hotel earned the rare top ranking. Ducasse joins Heston...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Beatriz Lecumberri and Stephane Jourdain - Anger and despair mounted in quake-hit Haiti Thursday with scores facing a third night trapped beneath the ruins, food and water running...