As many as 1,000 people were feared killed on Sunday when a powerful earthquake struck southeast Turkey, destroying dozens of buildings and trapping some victims alive under the debris. As night fell, emergency workers battled to dig people out of the rubble in the city of Van and surrounding districts. Civilians joined in the desperate

Europe's drugs regulator is launching a new review of the safety of common painkillers in the light of fresh evidence about possible risks they may pose to heart health. Five years ago the European Medicines Agency concluded that the overall benefit-risk balance of non-selective non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) remained positive. Since then, however, a number

He keeps them in warm, comfortable bug dorms, feeds them on meals of human blood with the occasional sugar water snack and lives in awe of their killing power. Seattle-based research scientist Stefan Kappe says mosquitoes are the most dangerous animals in the world. Which is probably why when his laboratory colleagues slice their heads

Muammar Gaddafi's body lay in an old meat store on Friday as arguments over a burial, and his killing after being captured, dogged efforts by Libya's new leaders to make a formal start on a new era of democracy. A bullet wound visible through his long, curly hair, the corpse shown to Reuters in Misrata

Even tiny premature babies in hospital care after birth can make baby sounds, and are especially vocal when their parents are talking to them — a finding that could be significant in terms of later language ability, a U.S. study said. Very premature babies are known to be slower-than-average in picking up language skills. It

Drivers from around the world will be lining up in two weeks’ time for the Cyprus Rally, the summit of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC) and a coefficient 2 event that will bring the curtain down on a thrilling IRC season. The Cyprus Rally will kick off on the evening of Wednesday, November 3 with

Cyprus Foreign Minister Erato Kozakou Markoullis has invited her Lebanese counterpart, Adnan Mansour, to visit Nicosia over the next few days to discuss the thorny issue of the delineation of the offshore Exclusive Economic Zone, now that Texas-based Noble Energy has already started drilling to find natural gas deposits. The government in Beirut was upset

Former Cyprus Finance Minister Michalis Sarris was released from custody in the Turkish-occupied north of the island late on Thursday, where he was held for a week in a mysterious case of an “unlawful act” on suspicion of alleged sexual offences. The Turkish Cypriot courts, that lack international recognition, set bail at 47,000 euros and