The number of Europeans joining Islamist fighters in Syria and Iraq has risen to more than 3,000, the European Union’s Anti-Terrorism Chief Gilles de Kerchove has told TV reporters. Even worse, De Kerchove warned that Western air strikes would increase the risk of retaliatory attacks in Europe.

Ashraf Ghani won Afghanistan’s disputed presidential election decisively with 55 percent of the vote, results revealed yesterday, after the figure was kept secret for five days over concerns that fraud allegations could trigger violence.

Pfizer Inc. (PFE:US)’s Xalkori for advanced lung cancer shrunk tumors in those with a rare genetic mutation, according to a study that may provide the first targeted treatment for these patients. Xalkori reduced the size of tumors in 36 of 50 patients in the study while halting tumor growth in another nine, according to company-funded research released today at the …

A POD of killer whales have been filmed for the first time hunting and killing a TIGER SHARK.

A Japanese chef has written a recipe book called ‘Condoms Meals I Want To Make For You’. Thankfully, Kyosuke Kagami uses condoms as a cooking device, rather than suggesting you eat them.

Too many companies in Alberta are allowed to pay temporary foreign workers below the prevailing wage, threatening good middle class jobs, says the Alberta Federation of Labour.

U.S. Geological Survey scientists continue to monitor the Mammoth Lakes area where a swarm of some 500 smaller magnitude quakes have rocked the area around Mammoth Airport. Scientists say the swarm poses no immediate danger.

A coalition of health policy academics and clinicians believe commercial interests and the generation of profits will take over the future integrity of what they call the Health Internet. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) plans to launch health-related generic top-level domains such as .health and .doctor.

McDonald’s corporate headquarters was evacuated Friday morning after authorities were notified about a suspicious package at the building in west suburban Oak Brook.

Health officials in Dallas County have confirmed 10 cases of the enterovirus-D68. Wednesday, Zachary Thompson, director of Dallas County Health and Human Services, confirmed 35 samples were sent to the Center for Disease Control for testing.

Young cancer doctors are struggling to cope with the high demands of their jobs, a major study has found. Across Europe, more than 70 per cent of oncologists under 40 are showing symptoms of burnout that may affect their ability to care for patients, it is claimed.