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A Mumbai-based Indian doctor, Dr Trupti Gilada Baheti, is a recipient of the prestigious Fellowship Award on HIV and Drug Abuse Research from the International AIDS Society, National Institute on Drug Abuse, and French N...

Well almost everything. Tuberculosis (TB) remains the most common AIDS-defining illness and the leading cause of death in people living with HIV (PLHIV) with 1 in 5 HIV-associated deaths in 2012 attributed to TB. At leas...

Access to the crashed remains of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 was blocked by pro-Russia rebels who prevented a team of international investigators from reaching the site, BBC reported Saturday. Michael Bociurkiw, a memb...

Growing up, Albert Torres said he always had one way to get attention during show and tell in class by revealing his â€"bisectedâ€? Uvula.

It has also been reported looters have been targeting the wreckage and removing valuables from the bodies and victims' luggage.

The Israeli army uncovered 22 underground tunnels used by Hamas to smuggle weapons and killed at least 40 terrorists Friday in its first day of a widespread ground offensive in...

Ban Ki-moon is to meet both sides in the Gaza conflict to try to secure a truce as Israel pledges to step up its ground offensive.

Downing Street says six experts will join international team as China and Australia call for 'objective' investigation Experts from the UK will arrive in Kiev on Saturday to assist a Ukrainian-led investigation into how ...

PM wants justice for 'dead and the living' Julie Bishop will lead bid for 'full investigation' Australian officials on their way to Kiev China's president calls for a 'fair and objective' inquiry Tony Abbott increased th...

A massive wildfire that has destroyed at least 100 homes forced the residents of a second north-central Washington town to leave their homes Friday, and prompted a partial evacuation of a third community in the scenic Me...

For civilians in the Gaza Strip, the hardships of war include a lack of electricity and clean water.

An Israeli rocket is fired into the northern Gaza Strip on July 17, 2014. Reuters/Amir Cohen

More cases of credit card thieves are using â€"skimmingâ€? devices to steal unsuspecting customers’ credit card information are cropping up across the country, not just at gas stations, but ATMs and, in at l...

German police say nine people have died and 40 were injured when several buses crashed on a highway near the eastern city of Dresden.

At least 55 civilian Palestinians, including children, have been killed since Israel began its Gaza ground invasion.

Pakistani officials say US drone strike kills 8 militants in NW tribal region near Afghanistan

When a New York Times article cast doubt on the accusation Usama bin Laden had a hand in the 1998 bombings of African embassies, President Clinton questioned his own CIA, according to a note he scrawled to his national s...

US President Obama supports Israel's right to self-defence, but warns PM Benjamin Netanyahu against further escalation in Gaza.

Families of the 298 victims of the shootdown of Malaysian Airlines flight 17 are still waiting for answers, as foreign governments and international organizations struggled to gain access to the crash site in eastern Ukr...

Last week BBC radio station 1Xtra, which describes itself as a 'black music network', published its UK power list, topped by Ed Sheeran. The list was voted for by a panel of 1Xtra DJs and music industry experts Hold on a...

Former president Bill Clinton responds to the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17.

Laura Whitney and her husband, Michael Korte, don't know whether they're being good citizens during a drought or scofflaws.