For the first time in more than two decades, the White House and the Food and Drug Administration are unveiling major changes to the iconic and outdated nutrition facts label found on most food packages. The new label is being announced later this morning ...

GIGLIO ISLAND, Italy (AP) — The disgraced former captain of a luxury cruise liner that capsized off an Italian island went back on board Thursday for the first time since the 2012 shipwreck that killed 32 people. The last time Francesco Schettino was on the ...

This handout artist conception provided by NASA depicts multiple-transiting planet systems, which are stars with more than one planet. The planets eclipse or transit their host star from the vantage point of the observer. This angle is called edge-on. Our galaxy ...

A 'mother lode' of 'new worlds' has been discovered outside the solar system, with Nasa confirming the existence of 715 new planets. The US space agency doubled the number of planets known to humanity in just one day after the discovery 'bonanza'.

BEIJING, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- China worked with Russia, Denmark, Norway on the fourth shipment of Syria's chemical weapons, a Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said here Thursday. "Chinese frigate Yancheng worked with naval vessels from Russia, ...

Ugandan women reportedly gathered outside capital Kampala's national theatre to protest against the state's recent ban on wearing miniskirts. The protest came as women were reportedly forced to remove their skirts in public after President Yoweri Museveni ...

Do you want a social network that can truly improve your real-life? PhoneDog Media is providing a sneak peek to iM5 - the "Do It" Social Network. See the video. When it was announced that Google would be selling Motorola to Lenovo late last month, word ...

Uganda's government has been hit with substantial aid cuts after the president enacted a severe anti-gay measure. At least three European countries are withdrawing millions in direct support to Uganda's government, which depends on donors for about 25 ...

It's not just citizens that are worried about being spied on by their governments – governments don't much fancy being snooped on either. To this end, American aerospace and defence contractor Boeing has announced that they will start offering a specialized ...

NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 27 – Kenyans visiting South Sudan will from now apply for visas at border control points following a deal struck by President Uhuru Kenyatta during his visit to Juba on Wednesday. President Salva Kiir agreed to a request that Kenyans ...

José Mourinho has been promoting himself — shock, horror — as a defender of English values all season, so it would be fitting if he were left as the Barclays Premier League's sole flag-waver in the Champions League quarter-finals. The Chelsea manager ...

Johannesbrug - A motorist who accused EFF leader Julius Malema of common assault has dropped the charges, Eye Witness News reported on Thursday. Bernard Redelinghuys, 22, on Wednesday accused Malema and another man of assaulting him during ...

Ugandans have shrugged off foreign aid cuts and international criticism of its tough new anti-gay law, saying it could do without Western aid. Cape Town More sun than clouds. Mild. Friday 21-25°C. More sun than clouds. Mild. 7 day forecast. Saturday, 20-25° ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia – Police in Somalia's capital say a suicide car bomb blast at a tea shop near the country's intelligence agency has killed at least eight people. Police Capt. Mohammed Hussein said the death toll was eight. The tea shop is frequented by ...

Moscow on Wednesday granted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych protection "on the territory of Russia," shortly after the fugitive leader sought help from the Kremlin, according to an official quoted by Russian news agencies. Meanwhile, a respected ...

BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Israeli military forces routinely use "unnecessary, arbitrary and brutal force" against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, with some killings amounting to war crimes, Amnesty International said Thursday. In a report entitled ...

The high court in Pretoria, South Africa on Tuesday approved the Oscar Pistorius murder trial to be broadcast live setting a precedent for future high profile cases. The ruling was made following an application made by several South African media companies ...

A COLLEAGUE of imprisoned Australian journalist Peter Greste has urged the public and media not to lose interest in his case. Speaking to a rally of about 20 people at Martin Place in Sydney, Al-Jazeera's Andrew Thomas said the case in Egypt was ...

Didier Drogba couldn't find a way to score against his former team in Istanbul on Wednesday. Michael Regan/Getty Images. ISTANBUL (AP) - Fernando Torres scored a valuable away goal for Chelsea in a 1-1 draw at Galatasaray in the Champions League ...

Washington: US space agency Nasa said on Wednesday its Kepler spacecraft has verified the existence of 715 more planets orbiting stars outside the solar system. The latest discovery brings the confirmed count of planets beyond the solar system to nearly ...