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For decades, scientists have thought that one of the big differences between men and women is that men can make children all their lives because men never stop making sperm.

Syrians are looking to the world in their hour of need and "we cannot let them down," U.S.

The charge d'affaires of the Syrian Embassy in Washington says all the reports coming out of Syria are "absolutely wrong."

Mitt Romney is campaigning as a businessman who knows how to turn the economy around — a skill he says he learned during his time turning companies around, as president of the private equity

Wednesday marks the traditional Tibetan New Year. But many Tibetans won't be celebrating.

Thinking about getting a body piercing? Who hasn't, right?

Researchers have nailed down something scientists, government officials and agribusiness proponents have argued

Europe is still a continent that looks over its shoulder at a long and sometimes dark past.

Senegal's capital of Dakar remains jittery, with the youth and the riot police locked in running street battles.

If you've been in New Orleans for carnival season, or if you're lucky enough to taste a cake that has arrived in the mail from there, there's a pretty good chance that yes, there is a p

The words "black market" usually summon images of drugs, guns or pirated DVDs — not tubas.

When Pat Matthews turned 65, her declining health led her in search of a place that could offer increasing levels of care as she grew older.

It's a new kind of brinksmanship for U.S. doctors: caring for patients with life-threatening diseases when the supply of critical drugs threatens to disappear.

If you buy organic products, your options may be about to expand. The U.S. and the European Union are announcing that they will soon treat each other's organic standards as equivalent.

As several states debate measures to legalize gay marriage, New Hampshire is considering a repeal of its same-sex marriage law.

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