TOKYO (AFP) - Mouse embryos have been grown on the International Space Station and developed normally in the first study indicating it could be possible for humans to reproduce in space, a group…

NEW DELHI (AFP) - Indian officials preparing for the G20 summit next week have hired teams of "monkey-men" and erected primate cutouts to deter marauding monkeys from munching on the f…

CAIRO (Xinhua)  A joint EgyptianSpanish archaeological mission uncovered 32 limestone tombs dating back to the Roman, Persian, Byzantine and Coptic eras in the central province of Miny…

LOS ANGELES (AP) Astronaut Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin announced on Facebook that he has married his “longtime love” in a small ceremony in Los Angeles.     …

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) —  Archaeologists in Norway said Tuesday that have found a runestone which they claim is the world’s oldest, saying the inscriptions are up to 2,000 yea…

JAKARTA (Xinhua) -- Semeru volcano on Indonesia's Java island erupted on Sunday, spewing a 1.5-km high ash column, authorities said.          …

JAKARTA (Xinhua) - A female Sumatran tiger, captured in August, was returned to her original habitat in Mount Leuser National Park in Gayo Lues, Aceh, Indonesia's Environment and Forestry Mi…

NEW DELHI (AFP) - An octogenarian man burned himself to death in southern India in protest at what he called New Delhi's attempts to impose nationwide usage of Hindi, a language mostly spoke…

Kathmandu: The 19th crow gathering has concluded at Shanti Batika, Ratnapark in Kathmandu. The event was held coinciding with 'Kagtihar' the first day of the five-day Tihar festival today. Ti…