PARIS - Haitian-born Canadian writer Dany Laferriere and American novelist Dave Eggers on Wednesday were awarded France's Medicis literary prize celebrating original writing. Laferriere won the...

UNITED NATIONS, Gerard Aziakou- Arab nations held frantic talks at the UN General Assembly Wednesday to try and secure European backing for a resolution calling on Israelis and Palestinians to probe...

NEW YORK, Sebastian Smith - Many of the Middle East's most intractable problems could be solved if Iran accepts a proposed resolution for its controversial nuclear program, the head of the UN nuclear...

KABUL- A "rogue" Afghan policeman shot dead five British soldiers in Afghanistan Wednesday, raising new questions about the safety of coalition troops as world leaders work to boost training of local...

WASHINGTON, Carlos Hamann- Vets in the US state of Iowa said Wednesday that a household cat had tested positive for swine flu -- the first known case in the world of the new pandemic strain spreading...

LIMA - A Peruvian scientist has called on his country to help slow the melting of Andean glaciers by daubing white paint on the rock and earth left behind by receding ice so they will absorb less...

MARRAKECH, Christophe Schmidt - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sought to reassure Arab nations on Monday over Washington's position on Israeli settlements, pledging that her country still...

CHICAGO - The two man-eating lions of Tsavo which terrorized a railroad camp in Kenya and have inspired three Hollywood films may not have been as deadly as legend would have it, a study published...

LOS ANGELES - Hollywood icon Mel Gibson has become a father for the eighth time after partner Oksana Grigorieva gave birth to a baby girl, People magazine reported on its website Monday. A...