Operators of the world's largest atom smasher on Friday ramped up their massive machine to three times the energy ever previously achieved, in the run-up to experiments probing the secrets of the universe. The European Organization for Nuclear Research, or CERN, said beams of ...

Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi's son Hannibal on Thursday dismissed a Swiss regional government's compensation offer to ease a two-year diplomatic row over his arrest, in an interview with AFP. "I am not seeking financial compensation and it will not do me justice," said Hannibal Kadhafi, who lashed out at Switzerland and its foreign minister, calling for her to ...

A Swiss regional government said Wednesday it was ready to pay compensation to a son of Libyan leader Moamar Kadhafi in a step to ease a diplomatic spat with Libya over his 2008 arrest. The government of the Geneva canton confirmed it had lodged a court application on Tuesday about the affair which caused Libya to impose sanctions and arrest ...

The U.N.'s top human rights official criticized Israeli and Palestinian authorities on Wednesday for failing to properly investigate alleged war crimes last year in the Gaza Strip. A U.N.-appointed expert panel led by South African Judge Richard Goldstone recommended in September that Israel and ...