A Japanese scientist at the center of discredited research initially hailed as a potential breakthrough for stem-cell treatment killed himself after months of stress and exhaustion, officials said on Tuesday.
Israel pulled its ground forces out of the Gaza Strip on Tuesday and started a 72-hour cease-fire with Hamas, mediated by Egypt, as a first step toward negotiations on a more-enduring end to the month-old war.
The stench of rotting animal carcasses was in the air as 10-year-old Ahmed al-Kafarna picked through the debris of his Gaza home, looking for his toys, after a cease-fire began on Tuesday.
The second American aid worker infected with Ebola in West Africa is due to arrive in Atlanta on Tuesday in serious medical condition, while a New York hospital completes tests on a man for the deadly virus.
Russia may impose restrictions or a ban on European airlines using trans-Siberian routes, raising the cost of their flights to Asia, in response to European Union sanctions over Ukraine, the Russian business daily Vedomosti reported on Tuesday.
Two Senegalese hip-hop artists are taking current affairs in a brash new direction - rapping the news.
Venom from a scorpion native to Cuba, Rophalorus junceus, is being used by scientists as an effective weapon against cancer.
The Islamic State group warned on Monday it would seek to further expand into autonomous Kurdish territory after claiming key towns and areas over the past 48 hours.
A ferry with about 200 passengers aboard capsized on Monday in the Padma River southwest of Dhaka, Bangladesh, and rescue teams got about half of them to safety, the chief of the district administration said.
More than the political and economic significance of the two-day state visit to Nepal of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was his role in facilitating the reunion between a Nepali man and the family he has not seen in years.
Australia's government is considering intervening in the case of a baby with Down syndrome who was left with a Thai surrogate mother by his Australian biological parents, with a government minister saying on Monday that the child might be entitled to Australian citizenship.
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