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Researchers say the technology raises serious ethical concerns as it could open the door to human enhancement techniques.

"It is not the United States that has a monopoly on nuclear weapons strikes," Pyongyang's ambassador to Britain says.

Readers in China have at times faced difficulties in accessing websites after they publish stories on issues deemed sensitive by the government.

Rising prosperity in their homeland and a relaxed one-child policy are among reasons cited for changing immigration patterns.

Delegates from Tehran were more optimistic than Western counterparts about negotiations aimed at limiting Iran's uranium use.

Questions have long swirled over whether Hammarskjöld's plane was shot down en route to Belgian Congo peace talks.

The infamous real estate scion has been connected to but (so far) not convicted in a string of disappearances and deaths over the past 30 years.

Apprehending the hackers who infiltrated Chase bank would be a rare victory for U.S. law enforcement when it comes to cybercrime.

Robert Durst, arrested for murder Saturday, called the HBO series investigating the killings to which he had been linked "a disaster."

A doctor who knows the author of "To Kill a Mockingbird" claimed she did not seem lucid when he visited her, a news report says.

Symbols of achievement in horseback riding, archery and other pursuits are intended to promote the idea of "a balanced person."

China is keen to take control of the succession of Tibet's spiritual leader, but the Dalai Lama says he may be the last of his line.

Lee's friends and acquaintances have given divided accounts of the 88-year-old author's mental health.

ISIS militants reportedly destroyed a third archaeological site in Iraq -- this time, an ancient Assyrian city in modern Khorsabad.

Missouri's chief justice says a new Ferguson judge will have "a fresh, disinterested perspective" in the handling of municipal cases.

An Obama spokesman and Democratic senators say Republicans are trying to sabotage the U.S.-led nuclear negotiations with Iran.

The video was made Saturday when the students were going to a date party, and was uploaded online by a black student.

By Thursday night, the documentary's original link posted by the BBC had been viewed over 100,000 times.

The proposed settlement would end an 11-year lawsuit aggressively pursued by three prior administrations.

Cops in Ferguson, Missouri, routinely violated the rights of the city’s African-Americans residents and made racist jokes in emails, according to a DOJ probe.

The former military commander hopes to avoid a trial by pleading guilty to leaking information to his then-mistress.

All-aluminum design is a barrier to wireless charging for Apple's iPhone, but so are competing standards.

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is fighting back against criticism that she conducted State Department business through personal email.

Federal regulations had required Clinton to preserve a record of emails sent or received using her personal account.

Netanyahu said the friendship between the U.S. and Israel "will weather the current disagreement to grow even stronger."

Meanwhile, the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog, IAEA, claimed that Iran is suppressing key information about its nuclear program.

The Secretary of State said the Israeli prime minister speaking to Congress is "odd," but Netanyahu is welcome.

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said in televised remarks Saturday Boris Nemtsov told him he had proof of Russia's role in the Ukraine conflict and would reveal it.

Boris Nemtsov had been due to lead a mass rally against Putin and the war in Ukraine this Sunday.