Northeast Japan jolted by magnitude 5.9 quake

Amy Elliott, of the state medical examiner's office, said in a televised interview that 40 more bodies had been recovered since an earlier confirmed death toll of 51 people. At least 20 of the confirmed dead are children. At least 145 people were ...

The aggressive red fire ant Solenopsis invicta has become a scourge of the southern United States, spreading like wildfire and delivering burning stings to unfortunate victims. Now, researchers spying on the ants' underground chambers have learned ...

Christchurch is "undersupplied" for shopping malls by international standards, say researchers. In the United States, there is at least 2sqm of mall space per person - nearly four times the shopping available in Christchurch. And researchers, Jones ...

UNITED NATIONS - The top Palestinian negotiator with Israel on Monday threw his weight behind US Secretary of State John Kerry's bid to revive stalled peace talks, while describing the situation in the West Bank as apartheid worse than that suffered ...

WASHINGTON - The United States on Monday expressed concern over defamation charges brought against two Egyptian journalists critical of President Mohamed Mursi and called on the government to condemn actions that stifle freedom of expression. Public ...

DR Systems, an independent provider of medical imaging and information systems, announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued to the company a new patent, relating to a method of providing dynamic and customizable medical ...

Ira Forman has been elected to the position of Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism for the United States, US Secretary of State John Kerry announced on Monday. Kerry welcomed Forman aboard, saying he looks forward to "supporting him in ...

CARACAS - Venezuela's recent designation of an acting head of its diplomatic mission in the United States shows the OPEC nation's desire to restore full diplomatic relations, the foreign minister said in an interview broadcast on Sunday. Disputes ...

The United States Army Corps of Engineers awarded a $180 million contract to dredge Miami's harbor to an Illinois-based company on Thursday, part of a plan to deepen the port channel to handle larger ships coming through the expanded Panama Canal in ...