Category: World

I never quite understood why people tend to look at monkeys as "cute." Sure, they have body fur, fingers and toes, and faces that vaguely resemble human ones. So …

At one of the United Nation's designated "World Heritage Sites," accessible only through mountain paths in Nigeria, visitors are cautioned about getting too close to a certain tree, reports …

The shiny new glass plate monument to Che Guevara unveiled recently in Venezuela has been shot and shattered in shining example of "performance art," reports Ian James for the …

UPDATE 4:56 p.m.: A bomb blast near the truck carrying former Prime Minister Bhutto has killed at least 51 and injured over 150 more, the Associated Press reports. Bhutto …

Israel's September attack in Syria was indeed directed against a nuclear reactor site under construction, report David E. Sanger and Mark Mazzetti for The New York Times" Israel's air …

Only last week, Jimmy Carter got into a shouting match with his government security detail when they wouldn't let him go where he wanted in Dafur. It seemed at …

Scientists are close to creating artificial life, reports Ed Pilkington for The Guardian: Craig Venter, the controversial DNA researcher involved in the race to decipher the human genetic code, …

On Tuesday, the House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed HR 203, a Resolution Condemning the persecution of labor rights advocates in Iran. The dictatorial regime of the mad mullahs has …

As she prepares to return to Pakistan from her long exile, former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto says she does not yet have the guarantees she was promised, Salman Masood …

As if the people in Dafur, Sudan, didn't have it bad enough, now they're the latest stop on "The Elders" mission to save humanity from itself, starring former President …