At least 19 people were injured, three critically, in a suspected gas explosion and seven-alarm fire in Manhattan's East Village.
The inner core, believed to be a solid mass of an iron-nickel alloy, might have its own separate "inner" inner core.
There could be at least two planets waiting to be discovered in the icy darkness beyond Pluto.
Hungarians have turned out in the tens of thousands in the last month to protest an Internet tax, corruption and Viktor Orban's government.
Economic uncertainty in the face of plummeting oil prices and Western sanctions has Russia buying up even more than usual.
New robotic “dolphin” technology has changed the way scientists collect data in isolated polar regions.
Morocco won't be allowed to compete in the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations after it refused hosting duties due to Ebola worries.
A report shows there was more oil than they thought, but environmentalists aren’t impressed.
The search for dozens of missing people thought to be buried in a landslide in Sri Lanka was put on hold because of heavy rain.
Iguala Mayor Jose Luis Abarca and his wife had ordered local police to stop the students from disrupting a political event that day.
A reward was offered for information on the whereabouts of the university students, who vanished after a police shootout in Guerrero.
In a new video, the Islamic State warns it will "conquer" Turkey and calls President Erdogan "Caliph of the Muslim Brotherhood."
Scientists have miscalculated just how much heat has been added to the planet's oceans over the last century.
Mapping the ocean floor has never been easy, but new satellite data brings the topography of the seafloor to life.
On Sunday, some 400,000 people marched along Manhattan's west side in what is being called the biggest climate change demonstration in history.
Italian authorities sent boats to the scene and 55 people have been rescued.
Officials said GMR and another Indian firm, Satluj Vidyut Nigam, plan to construct other hydroelectric plants in Nepal.
The Chinese president is visiting India and Sri Lanka.
Australian officials have asked the International Whaling Commission to maintain a temporary ban on Japan’s whaling program.
Despite denials that Russian troops are in Ukraine, families with children in the Russian military are coping with 'mysterious' deaths.
Chinese companies have made massive investments in some of the countries most affected by Ebola.
Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko solicited EU support Saturday during discussions of his country's conflict with pro-Russian separatists.