Michael weakens to tropical storm after day of havoc in Florida
Michael weakened to a tropical storm early Thursday but only after wreaking a day of havoc along Florida's Gulf Coast as it flooded homes...
Most heavy arms out of planned Syria buffer zone: monitor
Jihadists and Turkish-backed rebels have withdrawn most heavy weapons from territory around Syria's last major opposition stronghold ahead of a Wednesday deadline, a monitor...
Japan space tourist says moon training ‘shouldn’t be too hard’
Billionaire Japanese tycoon and future space tourist Yusaku Maezawa's training to go the moon should not be too tricky, he joked Tuesday, adding that...
US ‘green growth’ duo win Nobel Economics Prize
US economists William Nordhaus and Paul Romer on Monday shared the 2018 Nobel Economics Prize for constructing "green growth" models that show how innovation...
Meng Hongwei: ex-Interpol chief caught in China’s anti-graft drive
Fallen former Interpol president Meng Hongwei rose through the ranks of China's feared public security apparatus before being caught himself in President Xi Jinping's...
100 years on, Spanish Flu holds lessons for next pandemic
t was the disease to end all others, infecting a third of humanity, killing tens of millions in their beds and prompting panicked talk...
Moscow to summon Dutch envoy over cyber-attack claim: agencies
The Russian foreign ministry was to summon the Dutch ambassador on Monday after the Netherlands said it had foiled a cyber attack by Russians,...
Turkey asks to search Saudi consulate in missing journalist case: TV
Turkey has sought permission to search Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul after a prominent journalist from the kingdom went missing last week following a...
More bodies found as death toll from Indonesia quake nears 2000
Nearly 2000 bodies have been recovered from Palu since an earthquake and tsunami struck the Indonesian city, an official said Monday, warning the number...
US needs answers on Saudi journalist: Washington Post
The United States should "demand answers" from Saudi Arabia about the disappearance and alleged killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, The Washington Post said late...
