Saturn's moon Titan has hundreds of times more liquid hydrocarbons than all the known oil and natural gas reserves on Earth, according to a team of Johns Hopkins University scientists, adding to evidence that oil is not biological in origin.
NAIROBI - Kenya's Anglican bishops will join the boycott of a major church gathering this year because of a rift over gay clergy and same-sex unions, Archbishop Benjamin Nzimbi said on Friday.
BRUSSELS - The European Union approved the launch of a 2,000-strong police and justice mission for Kosovo on Saturday, a day before the breakaway province is expected to make a Western-backed declaration of independence from Serbia.
US President George W Bush has arrived in Benin at the start of his first presidential tour of Africa since 2003.
Legislation protecting an endangered species of newt is to be challenged after a council was forced to spend £60,000 moving four of the creatures.
In his controversial new book, Nick Davies argues that shadowy intelligence agencies are pumping out black propaganda to manipulate public opinion - and that the media simply swallow it wholesale
WASHINGTON - Pope Benedict XVI will visit the White House on April 16 during his first visit to the United States as pontiff.
A row has erupted over "Vatican interference" after the Italian Synod of Bishops appealed to actors to exercise their consciences and refuse to take part in "vulgar and destructive" erotic scenes in films.
Saudis told Britain it could 'face another 7/7' if BAE arms deal probe continued
The crisis, which has spread beyond US shores to banks and other sectors worldwide, is "one of the most vicious in financial history," according to Bank of America chief market strategist Joseph Quinlan.
Kosovo began its long-awaited final countdown to statehood on Friday, with Prime Minister Hashim Thaci poised to confirm Sunday as the day it will declare independence from Serbia.
"We should just give it all back to the whites," the riverboat captain says. "Even if you go 1,000 kilometers down this river, you won't see a single sign of development. When the whites left, we didn't just stay where we were. We went backwards."
LONDON (Reuters) - A leading defense think-tank said on Friday that multicultural Britain is an easy target for attacks by militant Islamists because its aims, values and political identity are divided.
Scientists are no further forward in developing a vaccine against HIV after more than 20 years of research, a Nobel Prize-winning biologist has said.
A gunman has opened fire on students at a university near Chicago in the United States, killing five people before turning the gun on himself.