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Doha-based team in cancer research breakthrough Dr Bella Guerrouahen in the lab at WCMC-Q. Cancer researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar (WCMC-Q) have made a breakthrough that could lead to improved treatments for ovarian cancer, which causes the death of a large number of women across the world. Dr Bella Guerrouahen, a postdoctoral associate in genetic medicine at WCMC-Q, has...

Ohio man suspected in ISIL-inspired plot Christopher Lee Cornell Federal authorities arrested a Cincinnati man Wednesday in connection with an alleged ISIL-inspired plot to attack the U.S. Capitol. Christopher Lee Cornell, 20, who used the alias Raheel Mahrus Ubayda, is accused of revealing the plan to an FBI informant during meetings in Cincinnati where the suspect "discussed his support of ISIL (Islamic...

Report: lack of exercise could be more deadly than obesity Researchers have found that high levels of inactivity could be the culprit behind hundreds of thousands of deaths across Europe every year. The figures are double those caused by obesity, they say. Research published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition on Thursday reported that just a 20-minute brisk walk each...

Pope Francis arrives in the Philippines Pope Francis has arrived in the Philippines, Asia's most populous Catholic nation. The high-point of his week-long trip is expected to be an open-air mass on Sunday at a park in Manila. Church bells tolled across the nation as the charismatic pontiff flew into the capital of Manila on Thursday after a successful trip to...

Amnesty publishes before and after satellite images of Boko Haram Nigeria attacks Amnesty International has released satellite images showing the "devastation" in areas attacked by Islamist group Boko Haram. The human cost has so far proved far more difficult to document, with hundreds believed dead. The satellite images released by human rights group Amnesty International on Thursday showed more than 3,700...

Merkel pledges to protect Muslim faith in an 'undivided' Germany German Chancellor Angela Merkel has addressed the recent Paris attacks, describing the freedom of the press as one of society's greatest treasure. She also said that Islam belonged to Germany as much as Judaism. Opening her address to the German parliament on Thursday morning, Angela Merkel said that the Germany stood...

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Toxic leak causes partial evacuation at the International Space Station Astronauts on the International Space Station have left the American section after a toxic substance leak, according to the Russian Federal Space Agency. The six-member crew is reportedly safe. The American segment of the International Space Station was isolated following a leakage from the cooling system on Wednesday. According to the...

Samsung starts sales of $90 Tizen smartphone in India The Samsung Z1 went on sale for 5,700 rupees ($92), one of the cheapest phones that Samsung has launched. Samsung Electronics Co. started selling a $90 smartphone in India on Wednesday that runs on the company’s Tizen software, its first major break from Google’s Android operating system in the mobile phone...

Google is turning smartphones into real-time translators Google began turning smartphones into real-time language translators - of both written and spoken content. (Shutterstock) Google began turning smartphones into real-time language translators - of both written and spoken content. The California-based Internet titan is hoping that, along with making it easier for people to understand one another on their travels, Google Translate will...

Egypt considers gas imports from Israel Egypt is going through its worst energy crisis in decades and is seeking fresh sources of natural gas. (Shutterstock) Egypt is open to importing gas from Israel, its oil minister said in state-owned media on Wednesday, another sign that it may lean on its neighbor to help tackle its energy troubles. Egypt is going through its...

U.S. mother tells ISIS: ‘Leave our children alone!’ In this Oct. 9, 2014 file photo Zarine Khan, right, and Shafi Khan, parents of Mohammed Hamzah Khan, attend a news conference after a hearing in their son's federal trial in Chicago. (AP) The suburban Chicago mother of a 19-year-old American facing a terrorist charge for trying to join the ISIS militants accused...

‘Five Eyes’ states to meet on anti-terror fight The so-called Five Eyes - the United States, Australia, Canada, Britain and New Zealand - had scheduled a meet. The five nations that make up the world's leading intelligence-sharing network will meet in London next month to confer on strategies to fight terrorism in the wake of the Paris attacks, Canada said...

Al-Qaeda’s Zawahiri ‘ordered’ Paris attack The Paris attack was allegedly "ordered" by al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri. Yemen's top al-Qaeda leader on Wednesday claimed responsibility for a bloody attack on a satirical French paper last week in a video message, saying it was "ordered" by al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri. In a video posted on YouTube, the leader said al-Qaeda assailants "were assigned"...