WASHINGTON: The unmanned SpaceX Dragon capsule is to dock at the International Space Station to deliver supplies and equipment to the orbiting lab. 1115 GMT. (US-SPACE-ISS). BOSTON: Boston readies for its renowned marathon marred last year by a ...

The United States expressed "surprise" over the fact that Israel did not support last months U.N. vote supporting Ukraine's sovereign claim over Crimea. NPR has a piece which briefly summarizes key moments which aptly characterize the nature of Israel's ...

Four French journalists who were captured in Syria 10 months ago were released on the Turkish border and are on their way home. The men are reportedly in good health but it's unclear how the release came about and if anybody paid a ransom, reports the ...

Closing out a trailblazing six-month mission at the moon, NASA's LADEE spacecraft impacted the lunar surface early Friday as designed after surveying the moon's tenuous atmosphere, measuring dust particles and demonstrating a breakthrough laser ...

Security personnel and onlookers gathered Monday after a car bomb was detonated in Homs. Another went off on Friday. Credit Agence France-Presse — Getty Images. Continue reading the main story. Continue reading the main story. Continue reading the ...

(CNN) -- Syria has destroyed a majority of its chemical weapons material, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons said Saturday. "The Syrian Arab Republic has removed or destroyed in-country approximately 80 percent of its chemical ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho congratulated referee Mike Dean and the official's boss Mike Riley after a contentious penalty for Sunderland put a huge dent in the London club's Premier League title hopes on Saturday. Mourinho ...

Government forces accused of using chlorine gas in village near Hama, the third alleged gas attack in the past week. Last updated: 19 Apr 2014 20:25. Email Article. Print Article. Share article. Send Feedback. Activists in Syria have claimed that government ...

Sunderland boss Gus Poyet feels survival is now within his side's grasp following their shock 2-1 win at Chelsea. Poyet looking up Connor Wickham cancelled out Samuel Eto'o's opener and Fabio Borini scored a controversial second-half penalty to inflict a ...

SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) — A California man said he was on Mount Everest when an avalanche struck that killed at least 13 people. Kenwood, Calif., contractor Jon Reiter said his Sherpa guide pushed him behind some ice blocks and out of harm's way after ...

For Sherpas, the deadly avalanche on Mount Everest was a brutal reminder of the risks they face. April 19, 2014 The mother of Nepalese mountaineer Ang Kaji, killed in an avalanche on Mount Everest, cries while she waits for his body at Sherpa Monastery in ...

For Sherpas, the deadly avalanche on Mount Everest was a brutal reminder of the risks they face. April 19, 2014 The mother of Nepalese mountaineer Ang Kaji, killed in an avalanche on Mount Everest, cries while she waits for his body at Sherpa Monastery in ...

NASA's Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) has completed its mission and the spacecraft crashed into the lunar surface on Thursday. LADEE's lunar impact went as planned although slightly ahead of schedule, as NASA officials ...

Worshippers hold candles as they take part in the Holy Fire ceremony at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City on Saturday. Holy Fire: Faithful Gather in Christianity's Sacred Site. Worshippers hold candles as they take part in the Holy Fire ...

THE search area for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has narrowed and the next 48 hours will be critical, Malaysia's acting transport minister said. “Whatever happens in that period, we will then regroup and discuss our next move,” Hishammuddin ...

c_330_235_16777215_0___images_stories_edim_01_Syria99(42).jpg The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) that oversees the program of destroying Syria's chemical arms arsenal has declared that 75 percent of the process ...

A robotic submarine has finished its sixth trip to the bottom of the Indian Ocean in the hunt for wreckage from the missing Malaysia Airlines plane, six weeks after the aircraft disappeared. The Bluefin 21 sub has covered around 133sq km since it began diving ...

Robonaut, the first out-of-this-world humanoid, is finally getting its space legs. For three years, Robonaut has had to manage from the waist up. This new pair of legs means the experimental robot — now stuck on a pedestal — is going mobile at the ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- The first out-of-this-world humanoid robot is finally getting its space legs. For three years, Robonaut has had to manage from the waist up at the International Space Station. This new pair of legs means the experimental robot ...

... ]. * Plane owned by Bank of Utah reported parked in Tehran. * Ghana is an ally of the United States (Adds U.S. comments, paragraphs 12-14). DUBAI, April 19 (Reuters) - Iran says that a plane which landed in Tehran airport flying the American flag was ...