Scientists have discovered the fossils of what they say a sabre-toothed beast that munched on leaves and once prowled South America some 260 million years ago.

A judge with the US International Trade Commission ruled in Apple’s favor on Friday in a patent dispute with Finland's Nokia over mobile phones, portable music players and computers.

US President Barack Obama has told the Congress that America has no plans to use its military to assassinate Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, an official said. "It's not our role to do anything at this point from a kinetic point of view," Maryland representative Dutch Ruppersberger, also a member of the house intelligence committee, told the Politico newspaper.

US President Barack Obama said on Saturday the international mission in Libya was clear and focused and succeeding and had saved countless innocents from a "bloodbath" threatened by Muammer Gaddafi.

First-time sex can be like a double-edged sword — it makes or breaks your self-image, depending on whether you are male or female.

In what may pave the way for a new generation of treatments for Alzheimer’s and heart disease, scientists claim to have discovered a process through which ageing-related diseases may develop.

Scientists have developed a fingernail-sized optical lens which they say can produce 3-D image of an object by providing nine viewing angles at the same time.

When an admitted Al Qaeda operative planned his itinerary for a Christmas 2009 airline bombing, he considered launching the strike in the skies above Houston or Chicago. But tickets were too expensive, so he refocused the mission on a cheaper destination: Detroit.

The US has said it would continue to consult India, Brazil and Germany, which abstained from voting on a UN Security Council resolution establishing a no-fly zone in Libya, on its implementation.

The UN Human Rights Commission has been asked to send a special rapporteur to visit Gilgit and Baltistan areas to assess human rights situation by a European Parliamentarian.