With less than two weeks before Election Day, U.S. presidential candidates are scrambling to increase and secure voter support, especially in the battleground states. Democrat Hillary Clinton spent her 69th…

Scientists are looking in some crazy places hoping to find new ways to fight antibiotic resistant bugs like methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus or MRSA. From the saliva of crocodiles, to microbes…

Boko Haram’s insurgency in Nigeria has victimized thousands of people, but none have felt as much pain as the children who have lost both parents to the terror group. A…

Researchers in Australia have shown that introducing a naturally-occurring bacterium in the wild, called Wolbachia, can control mosquitoes that cause Dengue fever. Wolbachia occurs naturally in 60 percent of all…

Hundreds of Turkey’s Kurds staged nationwide protests after Turkish authorities detained the co-mayors of the predominantly Kurdish southeastern city of Diyarbakir in an alleged terror probe. Gultan Kisanak, a former…

Federal regulators have given approval for U.S. clinical trials of a Cuban-developed lung cancer vaccine. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the Food and Drug Administration’s decision Wednesday at the…

A U.S. drone strike this week targeted the top al-Qaida leader in Afghanistan and his deputy, the Pentagon said Wednesday. A U.S. official called Sunday’s operation against Faruq al-Qatani and…

Pakistan says military clashes with India are ongoing along the disputed Kashmir border, killing at least two Pakistani civilians and wounding 10 people Wednesday. According to a Pakistan military statement,…

Move over, Monet. Go away, van Gogh. It’s time for smiley faces, cats and broken hearts at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York. The acclaimed art institution…

The leaders of ethnically divided Cyprus’ Greek and Turkish speaking communities have agreed to conduct a key phase of reunification talks in Mont Pelerin, Switzerland, next month, a United Nations…

NATO allies on Wednesday pledged troops and military equipment to countries bordering Russia amid new signs of heightened tensions with Moscow. The contributions, made during a NATO defense ministers meeting…

The United Nations humanitarian chief said Wednesday that Syria’s eastern Aleppo has essentially become a “kill zone” with more than 400 people slain and nearly 2,000 wounded in the past…

Nurses in Swaziland are threatening to embark on an indefinite strike next week after the government in Mbabane failed to meet their demands for better working conditions. Last week, leaders…

UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee on Wednesday approved a new resolution on the status of conservation of the Old City of Jerusalem that drew angry accusations from Israel that the document…

A group of Ukrainian hackers has released thousands of emails from an account used by a senior Kremlin official that appear to show close financial and political ties between Moscow…

Philippine and U.S. military officials will meet late next month and decide the fate of decades-old joint exercises, defense sources said Wednesday, amid doubts over the future of the security…

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari wants $30 billion in foreign loans for infrastructure and other projects over the next three years to overcome a recession in Africa’s biggest economy. Buhari sent…

Comic book Industry is sizzling and becoming more diverse …

U.S. Army women hit a milestone Wednesday, as the first women graduated from the military branch’s Infantry Basic Officer Leader’s Course. Ten women received their Infantry blue chord at Fort…

On Wednesday, Microsoft Corp. unveiled its first desktop computer and a free update to its Windows operating system that allows editing using 3D simulations, in hopes of reinvigorating its computing…