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The founders of Hong Kong's Occupy Central prepare to turn themselves in to police over their role in pro-democracy protests.

Consider these statistics: Globally, 370,000 million children are married every day. By 2020, an additional 142 million girls will be married before their 18th birthday. Six million adolescent pregnancies occur in South ...

An American woman has died after being stabbed by an unknown attacker in the restroom of a high-end mall in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, police said.

An array of the world’s leading experts in astrophysics wants everyone to stop worrying about what’s happening on Earth and start planning for what could one day crash into it....

Olympic champion 'no longer welcome' in Australian pools Sun had trained at Gold Coast pool under local coach Sun Yang served three-month drug ban Olympic and world champion swimmer Sun Yang has been barred from training...

An MGH spokesperson confirmed to Boston.com that the hospital is treating a patient suspected of having contracted the Ebola virus.

Chris Rock has some strong opinions about racism in Hollywood today, and he took to The Hollywood Reporter to pen an article about the race problems in the celeb-filled city. 

Man shot after he entered supermarket in occupied West Bank and stabbed two Israeli civilians.

JERUSALEM — Israeli lawmakers overwhelmingly approved a motion on Wednesday to dissolve the Knesset in a preliminary vote, paving the way for early elections after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed...

CNN's Nic Robertson reports on the coordinated intelligence operation behind the arrest of the ISIS leader's wife.

During six-year mission, Hayabusa2 will drop tiny rover robots onto surface of asteroid 1999 JU3 for scientific tests.

In this week's video, Prudie counsels a young married man concerned about his wife's lack of frugality.

Watching the 2012 London Olympics, Australia-based artist Wendy Fox was struck by the diversity in female body types.

The stepfather of Michael Brown now faces an investigation of his own, following an angry outburst after the grand jury's decision not to indict the police officer who shot and killed his unarmed stepson in a Missouri su...

Iranian jets have begun bombing Islamic State group targets in eastern Iraq without coordinating with the U.S. military, according to Pentagon spokesperson Rear Admiral John Kirby. The strikes, which have taken place ove...

A Muslim group in Kennesaw, Georgia, a city located 30 miles (50 km) outside of Atlanta, may file a lawsuit after its application to lease a space in a local strip mall to worship was denied Monday night. Local residents...

Find out why Mr Tumble stands to benefit from the Autumn Statement - but former Dragons' Den entrepreneur James Caan loses out.

U.S.-led airstrikes against Islamic State militants in Syria have made no difference on the ground, said Syrian President Bashar Assad in remarks reported by Reuters on Wednesday. Speaking to a French magazine late last ...

Italy has one of the lowest rates of Internet usage in Europe, but a professor's experiment is proving that wireless connection can make a difference in one hilltop village.

Arsenal v Southampton: live now with Jacob Steinberg And feel free to email [email protected] 8.23pm GMT Drogba hoicks a free kick from 30 yards into the top tier of the Shed. And now he's just fluffed an easy...

With passion and persistence, you can change the world. Find out how one couple is making children's TV more global.

The chancellor is due to announce on Wednesday if Stormont will be given the power to cut the rate of corporation tax in Northern Ireland.