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Afghan customs fines hike cost of US military pullout A customs dispute between the Afghan and US governments has disrupted the withdrawal of American military equipment, dramatically inflating the cost of the drawdown.

20 July 2013

US 'concerned' over detention of Chinese lawyer The United States on Thursday called on China to release a human rights lawyer who has campaigned against government corruption.

19 July 2013

Mugabe blasts 'insane' US for vote criticism President Robert Mugabe on Thursday rebuked the "insane" US for criticising his push for elections without key reforms and told it to keep its "pink nose" out of Zimbabwe's affairs.

19 July 2013

Versace villa in Miami set for auction The palatial Miami villa where fashion icon Gianni Versace was shot dead in 1997 is to be sold at auction and is expected to fetch more than $50 million.

19 July 2013

Deforestation spikes in Brazil over last year: group Deforestation has soared in the Brazilian Amazon since a new forestry code was passed last year at the urging of the agribusiness lobby.

19 July 2013

Panasonic, Sanyo fined $56 mn for price-fixing: US Japan's Panasonic and its subsidiary Sanyo have each pleaded guilty to price-fixing involving auto parts and battery cells, agreeing to pay $56.5 million in fines.

19 July 2013

Detroit becomes largest US city to file for bankruptcy Detroit on Thursday became the largest city in US history to file for bankruptcy protection after decades of decline and mismanagement rendered the home of the nation's auto industry insolvent.

19 July 2013

U.S. reply to Kazakhstan about children at Ranch for Kids The U.S. Embassy to Kazakhstan says that there are no Kazakhstan-born children at the Ranch for Kids at present.

19 July 2013

Katherine Jackson to testify at LA trial Michael Jackson's mother Katherine will finally take the stand Friday at her trial against tour promoters AEG Live, who she alleges negligently hired the doctor convicted over the star's 2009 death.

19 July 2013

Global poll sees China rising, but high marks for US The world increasingly believes China will become the top superpower but the United States enjoys a better image in most regions.

19 July 2013

'Intelligent' knife can tell tumor from healthy tissue A new kind of surgical knife can tell cancerous from healthy tissue in seconds and may help improve tumor removal in the operating room.

19 July 2013

N. Korea says Cuba arms seized on ship part of legitimate deal North Korea said Wednesday that Cuban arms seized from a Pyongyang-flagged ship near the Panama Canal were part of a legitimate deal.

18 July 2013

Plant-eating dinos regrew teeth every 1-2 months: study Long-necked plant-grazing dinosaurs that roamed the Earth 150 million years ago evolved a nifty way of fixing broken teeth.

18 July 2013

Kerry 'closer' in Mideast talks push US Secretary of State John Kerry said Wednesday that his intense diplomacy in six visits to the Middle East was bearing fruit, narrowing gaps between Israel and the Palestinians.

18 July 2013

Obama pays tribute as ailing Mandela turns 95 US President Barack Obama paid warm tribute to South Africa's Nelson Mandela for his 95th birthday on Thursday, which the anti-apartheid icon will spend in hospital recovering from a lung infection.

18 July 2013

Bernanke: Fed will not raise rates in forseeable future Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke reiterated Wednesday that the Fed is nowhere close to raising interest rates, assuring markets that the US easy money tap would not soon dry up.

18 July 2013

US, Cuba in migration talks despite N. Korea weapons The US and Cuba held migration talks Wednesday, despite news that Panama had impounded a North Korean freighter carrying Cuban missile equipment.

18 July 2013

Rolling Stone sparks storm with Boston bombing suspect cover Rolling Stone defended Wednesday a cover story on Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, which triggered angry claims that it was "glamorizing terrorism" and calls to boycott the US magazine.

18 July 2013

Animal studies often biased: US scientists Medical research that uses animals to test therapies for human brain disorders is often biased, claiming positive results and then failing in human trials.

18 July 2013

Weird fossil sheds light on dinosaurs' lost continent Palaeontologists in Utah on Wednesday said they had found the fossil of a strange horned dinosaur which roamed an island continent known as Laramidia.

18 July 2013

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