WASHINGTON — A vast ocean of water could be lurking under the thick ice of one of Saturn's moons, according to findings published by Science magazine. A sea up to 10 km deep lies beneath 40 km of ice at the south pole of Enceladus, extending over most ...

WASHINGTON — A vast ocean of water could be lurking under the thick ice of one of Saturn's moons, according to findings published by Science magazine. A sea up to 10 km deep lies beneath 40 km of ice at the south pole of Enceladus, extending over most ...

WASHINGTON — A vast ocean of water could be lurking under the thick ice of one of Saturn's moons, according to findings published by Science magazine. A sea up to 10 km deep lies beneath 40 km of ice at the south pole of Enceladus, extending over most ...

WASHINGTON — A vast ocean of water could be lurking under the thick ice of one of Saturn's moons, according to findings published by Science magazine. A sea up to 10 km deep lies beneath 40 km of ice at the south pole of Enceladus, extending over most ...

AFRICAN and European leaders opened crisis talks yesterday on the “terrifying” violence in the Central African Republic where peacekeepers have been unable to stop a deadly spiral of strife. As leaders of the two continents headed into Brussels for a ...

BEIJING — Relatives of Chinese passengers aboard a missing Malaysia Airlines flight reacted with hysteria yesterday after the Malaysian prime minister announced the jet ended its journey in the remote Southern Indian Ocean. At the Beijing hotel where ...

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama told Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas yesterday that it will require tough decisions and risks to achieve peace with Israel and said now is the time for leaders on both sides to “embrace this opportunity.”

CAIRO — The Libyan government yesterday said that Saadi Gaddafi, a son of the former ruler Muammar Gaddafi, had been handed over by Niger and is now in a prison in the capital Tripoli. Saadi, Gaddafi's third son, took refuge in neighbouring Niger after a ...

CHINA yesterday mourned the victims of Saturday's horrific knife attack at the main train station in south-western city of Kunming, amid widespread anger across the nation but some doubts from international observers. The advisory body to China's annual ...

KANO — Gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram fighters raided a village in northeastern Nigeria as people were preparing for prayers, killing 39 people, local residents said yesterday. Dozens of attackers dressed in military uniform stormed Mainok, almost 50 ...

ASADABAD — The Afghan Taliban killed 21 soldiers in an assault yesterday in a remote mountainous region, the Afghan government said, and six soldiers were missing after the fighters' most deadly assault on the security forces in months. Also yesterday, in ...

BRUSSELS — The European Union was mulling an arms embargo on Ukraine at a crisis meeting in Brussels yesterday as three EU envoys held talks with the country's embattled leader in Kiev. Describing the escalating violence in Kiev as “utterly ...

BANGKOK — Thai riot police reclaimed a main Bangkok thoroughfare yesterday that has been occupied for months by demonstrators seeking to topple Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, and said they would move to seize other protest sites in coming days.