Islamic extremists have now wrecked seven historic shrines in the ancient trading town of Timbuktu. The International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor has now warned the Salafists to stop their destruction, calling it a war crime.

According to biologists at the University of Liverpool the plagues of the Middle Ages have made 10 percent of Europeans HIV-resistant.

Chisinau - Undercover detectives in the Republic of Moldova have arrested three smugglers possessing and trying to sell 1.8 kg of highly radioactive uranium-238, possibly enough to construct a so-called dirty bomb.

The BBC has defended its decision to fly Matt Smith (the eleventh Doctor) to Venice for an episode of the documentary series that accompanies Doctor Who.

An African virus, carried by mosquitoes, is spreading to the west. The virus, called Chikungunya, does not have a vaccine and there is no treatment for it.

Despite readily available vaccines, death rate of sickle-cell anemia in African children remains to be a growing concern, researchers said Thursday.

Activists from different parts of the world are in unison, Saturday, calling for an end to the ever-increasing human rights abuse in Iran.

Amira al-Girim survived after her father, brother and sister were killed during the fighting in Gaza. The 15-year-old was alone for several days having suffered a badly broken, bleeding leg.