The eye disease glaucoma may be an autoimmune disorder, a new study suggests.

China's military will reach the point by 2020 where it can attack Taiwan, defending against any country intervening, Taiwanese defense officials said Tuesday.

China has been giving Sudan supplies and training in violation of the U.N. embargo on arms for Darfur, the BBC said Sunday.

U.S. scientists say they've identified specific molecules in the human brain that can awaken and sedate brain stem cells.

Elite ground force units of the People's Liberation Army were involved in China's recent crackdown on Tibetan protesters in Lhasa. A substantial number of images show that the new T-90 armored personnel carrier and T-92 wheeled armored vehicles belonging to the elite ground forces appeared on the streets of Lhasa the same day the crackdown began.

Scientists in Boston have been able to regenerate a damaged optic nerve, from the eye to the brain, in laboratory mice.

Renault plans to launch the Dacia in Romania this fall with a price tag around $6,000, it was reported Thursday.