The 15th-century explorer Christopher Columbus was a Sephardic Jew from Western Europe, Spanish scientists said on Saturday, after using DNA analysis to tackle a centuries-old mystery. Several countries have argued over the origins and the final burial place of the divisive figure who led Spanish-funded expeditions from the 1490s onward,…
Thirteen pregnant Philippine women accused of illegally acting as surrogate mothers in Cambodia after being recruited online may face…
Taiwan has condemned the latest round of Chinese military drills around the self-governing island as an “unreasonable provocation” after…
More than 60 people have been injured, several of them critically, in a drone attack in north-central Israel, according…
Ukrainian journalist Victoria Roshchyna, who went missing in an occupied part of her country, died in Russian detention last…
A 39-year-old British woman was killed when a malfunctioning ottoman bed fell on her neck and asphyxiated her, a…
The THAAD defense system is one of the US military’s most powerful anti-missile weapons, capable of intercepting ballistic missiles…
Former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond has died at 69, according to statements from Scotland’s main political parties and…
It was the perfect feel-good story, just in time for Christmas. On December 20 last year, the United States…