As Japanese workers labor to contain the damage to nuclear reactors caused by the devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit the country on March 11, indications are that Italy may be rethinking its [ … ]

The discovery of ionizing radiation at the turn of the nineteenth century revolutionized science and society. Within two weeks of their being created at the end of 1895, the stunning x-ray images of h [ … ]

The world is reacting with shock at the huge quake and tsunami that has devastated Japan, but people there have learnt to expect natural disasters.

A US-led research team may have finally located the lost city of Atlantis, the legendary metropolis believed swamped by a tsunami thousands of years ago in mud flats in southern Spain.

The UN Security Council on Thursday voiced its "grave concern" in a presidential statement over continued instability in Somalia and the "dire humanitarian situation" in the region.

China, with more than 1.34 billion mouths to feed, has always been on the world's watch-list for a food crisis due to the concerns that a crisis in China would require more grain imports and create [ … ]

Over the past two months, as unrest spread across the Middle East, from Tunisia to Bahrain, many Western journalists were discreetly contacted by PR agencies acting for Arab leaders trying desperat [ … ]

Now that the election is over in Ireland, the incoming government will have to face some immediate and daunting hurdles. First and foremost for most voters and Fine Gael party (United Ireland Party [ … ]

When former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak stepped down, Israel found itself in an embarrassed situation.

North Korea has dug a new 800 m-deep tunnel at its nuclear test site in Punggye-ri, North Hamgyong Province, it emerged Sunday. Experts believe it will be ready for another nuclear test once it r [ … ]