WASHINGTON (AFP) Astronomical clues found in Homer's"The Odyssey"could help confirm a total solar eclipse when Odysseus returned home, providing a potentially accurate timeline for the fall of Troy, two scientists reported Monday. ...

SANTIAGO (AFP) The 80-nation International Whaling Commission opened its annual meeting Monday with its very existence at stake amid tension over Japan's perennial bid to resume commercial whale hunting. The IWC has been divided...

NEW YORK (AFP) Oil prices rallied Monday on fresh unrest in Nigeria and after Saudi Arabia's pledge to hike output over the weekend failed to allay concerns about tight global supply, analysts said. New York's main oil futures c...