Pakistan's reopening of routes for Nato troops' pullout from Afghanistan follows US apology over the killing of Pakistani soldiers last November.
Children scarred by maltreatment could develop suicidal tendencies in later life, finds a study by McGill University researchers.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration clarifies and confirms that no evidence of existence of mermaids has ever been found.
Scientists discover that older honey bees reserve brain ageing when they take up responsibilities that are usually handled by much younger bees.
Boats and lifeboat volunteers of Aberdeen coastguard join rescue operations.
Police searched the home and offices of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Carla Bruni as part of a campaign financing probe.
For the first time, transsexuals in Argentina will have the option to be officially recognised with the gender they identify with, without first seeking court or medical approval.
A beam of plasma from the powerful solar flare that occurred on Monday could reach the earth on Fourth of July, the US Independence Day holiday.
Syrian president says troops thought RF-4E recon warplane was Israeli when they shot it down.
Japan, Norway and Iceland among countries block long-running campaign at International Whaling Commission vote.
American Museum of Natural History scientists discover fossils of a baby Sciurumimus albersdoerferi - a type of dinosaurs that lived about 150 million years ago - in northern Bavaria in Germany.
Four ICC staffers held on spying allegations over visit to Saif al-Islam Gaddafi freed pending trial date.
Researchers of Concateno, a leading European drug and alcohol testing provider, find that one in 30 UK employees, or one million workers, have cannabis, opiates and cocaine in their system while at work.
The missile test was part of the Great Prophet 7 exercise, a three-day military drill to test the precision and efficiency of Iran's warheads and missile systems.
Poker website founder hands himself in to face charges that he defrauded customers of $350m.
Market blast comes on heels of roadside bombings as sectarian violence in Iraq starts to rise.
With an agreement being reached in the early hours of Friday, 29 June 2012 at the European Summit in Brussels over the Euro Crisis, my Mystic Meg clairvoyant award was cancelled. Don't care, I wasn't alone in getting the outcome - little or no change with platitudes - so very wrong. Typical of reporters was Ian Chua for Reuters in Sydney filing a report at just past midnight on Friday morning:
Two Iranians allegedly involved in the plot aimed at Israel, Saudi Arabia, the US and British missions in Kenya arrested.
Human Rights Watch identifies 'archipelago of torture centres' used in 'state-sanctioned torture' against pro-democracy protesters.
Cancer Research UK scientists discover protein that is overactive among mouth cancer patients. Just deactivating the protein will help save many lives.
Bystanders in city of Wenzhou unable to drag man off woman in face-eating assault.
Al-Qaeda planting landmines in Gao to trap population; Sidi Yahia mosque attacked in Timbuktu.
Bankers face a parliamentary inquiry into their disgraced industry, Chancellor George Osborne announced to the House of Commons, after a rate-fixing scandal rocked the financial world.
Spanish player’s children enjoy their fathers emphatic 4-0 victory over Italy.
During excavation at a Synagogue, Jewish prayer house, portions of a decorative mosaic floor depicting several biblical scenes were unearthed in the ancient Jewish village at Huqoq in Galilee in northern Israel.
Islamist group says shrines are idolatrous and pledges to destroy all 16 holy Sufi sites in Timbuktu in name of religion.
Physical punishment in childhood leaves a scar which later manifests as mental disorders, finds a study by the American Academy of Paediatrics.
A new Mayan document, inscribed some 1300 year ago, which mentions about Dec 21, 2012 does not comply that the end date of the Mayan calendar is going to be the "end of the world" or the doomsday.
Although no one has claimed responsibility for the attack, fingers point at al Shahaab militant group of Somalia.
Institutional Revolutionary Party, which ruled Mexico for decades, is set to return to power after Enrique Pena Nieto triumphs in country's presidential election.
