Scientist argues for license to 'edit' human embryos

A scientist set out her argument on Wednesday for being given a British license to conduct controversial experiments which would alter the DNA of human embryos.

Bronze Age dwellings discovered

Archaeologists said on Tuesday they had discovered what were believed to be the best-preserved Bronze Age dwellings ever found in Britain, providing an extraordinary insight into prehistoric life from 3,000 years ago.

In California tests, self-driving cars still require human help

Futuristic self-driving cars traveling along California roads have needed plenty of old-fashioned human intervention to stay safe.

Dreamers stake hope on big jackpot

What would you do with a whopping $1.5 billion?

'El Chapo' moved in jail to foil escape

Mexico's government is moving Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman constantly from cell to cell inside the maximum security prison where he is being held, the same lockup the elusive drug lord escaped from through a tunnel six months ago.

Wartime 'comfort women' refuse payment

South Korea's wartime sex slavery victims on Wednesday refused to receive reparations from the Japanese government, calling the Seoul-Tokyo agreement on the war crime a "nullification."

Supreme Court allows US military agreement

The Philippines Supreme Court approved a landmark defense cooperation deal with the United States on Tuesday, paving the way for US forces to deploy to an array of bases throughout the country.

Obama tells anxious US to embrace future change

US President Barack Obama told US citizens nervous about terror and a changing economy that they should not fear the future, in a farewell State of the Union address on Tuesday that drew sharp contrast with Republicans.

Mission launched to cure cancer 'once and for all'

US President Barack Obama on Tuesday pledged to undertake a historic push to develop a cure for cancer, tapping Vice-President Joe Biden to lead the effort.

Teheran releases US sailors, boats

Iran's Revolutionary Guards have released 10 US sailors and their patrol boats after investigations showed they had entered Iranian waters unintentionally, a statement said on Wednesday.

Deadly bombing lays bare worsening security situation

A suicide bombing attack on Istanbul's historic Sultanahmet Square on Tuesday has left 10 people dead, among them nine German tourists, laying bare a worsening security situation in crises-ridden Turkey.

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