Health researchers are studying something they hoped they would never see, a deadly staph bacterium that can resist every drug in science's infection-treatment arsenal.

Even if AIDS or HIV infections are not considered, the United States leads all other nations in the rate of sexually transmissible diseases, according to health-care experts representing the Institute of Medicine, affiliated with the National Academy of Sciences.

With the recent death of French underwater explorer Jacques Cousteau, the environment has lost one of its greatest champions.

Even after the recent loss of Hong Kong, Britain still bears residual responsibility for 180,000 people in its remaining dependent territories.

The Hong Kong handover is being interpreted in at least two ways.

What is the biblical Armageddon? Does it signal the end of the world? When and where will it take place?

Since the days of the apostles, people have predicted Jesus Christ's return. Does Bible prophecy indicate when this long-awaited event will at last come to pass?

Belief in the imminent return of Jesus Christ and the dawn of a new age has existed since the days of the apostles. Nearly 1,000 years ago an interpretation of prophecies in the book of Revelation led to a belief...

Many churches understand and teach that Jesus Christ will return. Far fewer know why He will return and what will happen when He arrives.

Now one can know the day or hour Christ will return (MATT 24:36). Why?

An Anglican and Roman Catholic joint commission has recognized the pope's overall spiritual authority, depicting the pope as a "gift to be received by all churches."

Romano Prodi, nominated for president of the European Commission, has called for the creation of a European army as the next logical step in Europe's integration.

Less porn in Britain.

According to a recent report from Washington, D.C., "America is bracing itself for a storm of criminal violence that, if some experts are to be believed, will sweep the country on a scale unprecedented in the nation's history."

The relationship between Germany and America that held the Atlantic alliance together for nearly 50 years is in a sad state of disrepair, according to diplomats and politicians.

Because we are on average living much longer lives than did many of our forebears, the quality of those lives is sometimes marred by the unwelcome presence of disease.

The last five years have been marked by headlines such as "World Fishing Fleets Face Ruin as Catches Disappear," "Too Many Fisherman, Too Few Fish," "Fishing Crises in World's Oceans" and "The Madness That Threatens Our Oceans."

The growth of secularism persists in Europe.

Many were stunned at the magnitude of the Labour Party victory in the British national election May 1.

Why is Africa, an enormous continent blessed with great wealth, plagued with such pervasive problems? When will it find solutions?