Night Wolves ride for Russia

Roaring through Moscow after dark with big motorcycles, long hair and leather jackets, the Night Wolves could be Russia's version of Hell's Angels. But these are riders with a cause, and that cause is the motherland.

Nobel Prize goes to inventors of LED lights

Isamu Akasaki and Hiroshi Amano of Japan and US scientist Shuji Nakamura won the Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for the invention of blue light-emitting diodes, a breakthrough that spurred the development of LED technology used to light up computer screens and modern smartphones.

Guessing game ahead of top literature prize

Fevered speculation is raging over who will collect the Nobel Prize in literature, with punters and experts considering language, geography, genre and even age as they try to pin down the winner.

Morocco mulls legal marijuana growing

Abdelkhalek Benabdallah strode among towering marijuana plants and checked the buds for the telltale spots of white, indicating they are ready for harvest.

Ebola infects nurse in Spain, widening worries

In a case underscoring the perils of caring for Ebola patients, a nurse in Spain has come down with the disease - the first time the virus has been contracted outside Africa during the current epidemic.

Mexico disarms city's police force

Mexican federal forces disarmed a southern city's entire police corps and took over security on Monday after officers were accused of colluding with a gang in violence that left 43 students missing.

ROK, DPRK ships trade shots despite reconciliatory mood

Naval ships of the two Koreas traded warning shots near their western sea boundary after a patrol ship of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea violated the disputed maritime border, Seoul's Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.

Womb transplant mother hopes to inspire others

The parents of the first baby born to a woman who had received a womb transplant said they hoped they could be an inspiration to others struggling with infertility.

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IS nears Turkish border as airstrikes intensify

Fresh airstrikes by the US-led coalition on Tuesday hit positions held by Islamic State jihadists in the southwest part of Kobane, a key Syrian border town, according to an AFP journalist across the border in Turkey.

Japanese men questioned about plan to join group

Japanese police questioned a university student and several others on Monday about suspected plans to travel to Syria to join the Islamic State group, news reports said.

Nun gives gift of language

At an ordinary house near the Pangphu Temple in Daocheng county of Ganzi Tibetan autonomous prefecture in Sichuan province, Southwest China, young Tibetan Buddhist nun Drolma Choitso is devoted to letting the young generation of local Tibetan people master Mandarin, the main language used throughout China.