A SUICIDE bomber killed seven people near a major air force complex in northwest Pakistan yesterday, while an explosion killed 17 on a bus heading…
A LUCKY property swap and a frenzy of building propelled a 19-year-old Norwegian student to the top of board game fame at the Monopoly World…
AGRICULTURAL scientist Norman Borlaug, the father of the green revolution who won the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in combating world hunger and saving…
MISS Venezuela was the fairest of them all once again, winning the 2009 Miss Universe crown for the second year straight and the sixth time…
RELIGIOUS authorities in Malaysia postponed yesterday the caning of a Muslim woman convicted of drinking alcohol until after the holy month of Ramadan. The planned…
UNITED States police boats and divers recovered a piece of a submerged helicopter and a fourth body early yesterday as investigators resumed their search for…
Gorilla Gana nurses her two-day-old offspring at a zoo in Muenster, Germany, yesterday. The traumatized gorilla who carried around her dead baby’s body for several…
HUNDREDS of police officers were scouring the streets of Tel Aviv today in a door-to-door manhunt for a gunman who opened fire on a gay…
ARCHAEOLOGISTS have found five well-preserved Roman shipwrecks deep under the sea off a small Mediterranean island, with their cargo of vases, pots and other objects…
THE Disney movie “G-Force” shows a squad of specially trained, computer-generated guinea pig spies coming to the world’s rescue. After the movie comes out, though,…