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MADRID (AFP) — A Spanish hospital has successfully used stem cells culled from healthy donors to treat seven heart attack victims, in what officials said …

IRBIL, Iraq (AFP) ― Billboards still read “Welcome to Irbil, 2014 Arab Tourism Capital,” but most of the visitors Iraq’s Kurdistan region welcomed last …

LONDON (AFP) ― On a quiet street lined with 18th-century Georgian houses behind Westminster Abbey, Garry Usher winds the mechanical clock on the gas street …

LISBON (AFP) ― Portugal’s property market continues to expand at double digit rates thanks to foreign buyers, including China’s new wealthy, despite a …

Aldo Ciccolini. (AFP) Italian-born French piano virtuoso Aldo Ciccolini died overnight at his home in the Paris area after a long illness, his manager said …

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (AP) ― Police say a woman selling drugs made a big mistake that landed her in jail ― she mistakenly called an Albuquerque police …

LONDON (AFP) ― The four surviving original Magna Carta copies go on display together for the first time from Monday as Britain kicks off 800th anniversary …

MANAMA (AFP) ― Outspoken billionaire Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal on Sunday launched a pan-Arab satellite news channel aimed at challenging established …

Japan’s failure to rescue two hostages beheaded by Islamic State militants has raised doubts about its ability to handle an international crisis, as the …

The wife of slain Japanese hostage Kenji Goto said Monday that she was devastated but proud of her husband, who was beheaded by Islamic State extremists.  In …