NASA mulls spacewalks to fix space stationA series of spacewalks might be necessary to fix a breakdown in the equipment cooling system aboard the International Space Station, NASA said Friday.
14 December 2013
West has 'lost sense of reality' over Ukraine: RussiaRussian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Saturday said that Western countries appear to have lost "their sense of reality" over the pro-EU protests in Ukraine, which he called the work of provocateurs.
14 December 2013
Iran quits nuclear talks protesting US blacklist moveIran has quit nuclear talks with world powers, accusing Washington on Friday of going against the spirit of a landmark agreement reached last month by expanding its sanctions blacklist.
14 December 2013
Concern for US man held in UAE for comic YouTube videoComedians including Will Ferrell are lending star power to a campaign to free a 29-year-old American jailed since April in the United Arab Emirates after making a YouTube video poking fun at Dubai teenagers.
14 December 2013
Assad win may be Syria's best option: ex-CIA chiefThe sectarian bloodbath in Syria is such a threat to regional security that a victory for Bashar al-Assad's regime could the best outcome to hope for, a former CIA chief said Thursday.
14 December 2013
Migraine secret of Wagner's operaRepetitive migraines lie at the heart of "Siegfried," the second part of Richard Wagner's "Ring" trilogy of operas, German neurologists suggest.
14 December 2013
US to cut funding on Turkish Chinese-missile purchaseThe US Congress is set to adopt a law next week forbidding Turkey from using American funds to acquire a $4 billion missile system from a Chinese company blacklisted by Washington.
14 December 2013
US, Chinese warships nearly collide in S. China SeaA Chinese naval vessel came dangerously close to a US warship during a tense incident in the South China Sea last week, US military officials said Friday.
14 December 2013
Jerusalem buried in snow as rare storm pounds MideastA fierce winter storm shut down much of the Middle East Friday, burying Jerusalem in snow, flooding parts of Gaza and bringing frigid, wet weather to war-ravaged Syria.
14 December 2013
China's first lunar rover to land on moon SaturdayA space module carrying China's first lunar rover is scheduled to land on the moon Saturday evening, state media said, in a huge step for the Asian superpower's ambitious space programme.
14 December 2013
New US school shooting on eve of Newtown anniversaryA schoolboy gunman wounded two fellow students Friday, one critically, before killing himself in the latest such US shooting on the the eve of the first anniversary of the Newtown massacre.
14 December 2013
Hefty fine for ignoring 'Do Not Knock' signA door-to-door salesperson who ignored a "Do Not Knock" sign to try to win over a gas customer has ended up costing their Australian employers Aus$60,000 (US$53,600).
14 December 2013
DR Congo, M23 rebels sign peace documentsKinshasa and the M23 rebels signed documents officially burying the hatchet Thursday in Nairobi, a month after the end of the fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
Wine dealer 'lied over fake vintages': US trialRenowned wine collector Rudy Kurniawan forged some of the finest vintages in the world, a series of French experts told his New York fraud trial Thursday.