China is ranked third in the list of biggest military in the world with roughly 2.3 million soldiers and 3,000 war planes.
Jay Y. Lee, the vice president of Samsung, has denied all corruption charges against him that led to the impeachment of South Korea's President Park Geun-hye.
Astronomers have detected glowing stardust in a galaxy seen when the universe was just 600 million years old — one that can provide a glimpse of what the cosmos was like in its formative years.
Four samples of DNA from Homo Neanderthalensis, found in caves in Belgium and Spain, are the oldest dental plaques ever to be analyzed.
The image shows the two stars in the system — LL Pegasi and its younger companion — locked in a “stellar waltz” in a cloud of gas and dust.
The star system, which consists of seven Earth-sized planets orbiting an ultra-cool dwarf, is currently believed to have three planets in its habitable zone.
An Indian father has refused to accept the body of his son, accused of being involved in a train bombing reportedly conducted by Islamic State group operatives.
Australia’s aboriginal people were living in their homeland almost 50,000 years before Europeans came over, and now DNA from aboriginal hair proves it.
Vice Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Paul Selva said Russia's new nuclear-capable missile is testing NATO's limits in Europe.
Wilders has been called the “Dutch Trump” due to his populist appeal and anti-immigration rhetoric.
United Nation's Ambassador Nikki Haley said the U.S. is considering "every option on the table" following the North's missile tests.
Scientists are figuring out what happens inside animals that tells them when to make babies, and that could have implications for human reproduction and improving fertility.
A three-month investigation revealed hundreds of thousands of shark fins still are making their way into Hong Kong illegally.
In the latest development, the U.S. and Russia appeared to have adopted a joint stance against Turkey, a move beneficial to the Syrian government and Kurds, but devastating for rebels.
Medical science has advanced so much that people who previously would have been considered dead can now be brought back to life. So how do experts know when someone is really dead, and what does this mean for things like organ donation?
The fire struck a children's shelter near Guatemala City.
The Islamic State group's elusive leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, may have escaped the group's largest and last stronghold in Iraq.
Tens of thousands of people have been killed in the five-year civil war, prompting at least 1.5 million to flee the East African nation.
The former butler and confidant of Princess Diana, Paul Burrell, has denied claims apparently made by his agent.
Two political refugees from Bangladesh told Japanese media they were deceived by a contractor offering them visa extensions in return for dangerous radiation cleanup in Fukushima.
Ex-NSA Deputy Director Chris Inglis said Russia attempted to disrupt the country's political system, not get Donald Trump elected.
The findings of two new and separate worldwide survey and poll on the occasion of this year’s Women’s day casts new light on this year’s theme of gender equality in work.
North Korea has fired ballistic missiles in Japan four times before but the latest one on Monday has forced Japan to consider for first strike options soon.
The bill, restricting the use of loudspeakers by mosques, has been criticized by Muslims, Christians as well as Jews in the country.
The ISIS attack on a military hospital in Afghanistan left five people dead and 66 injured. The number of casualties may go up since the attack is ongoing.
Only a few pieces of wreckage from the missing plane have turned up over the past three years.
On Saturday, U.S. Navy's spy ship was forced to change its course after fast-attack vessels from Iran's Revolutionary Guards sailed in close proximity in the Strait of Hormuz.
The international human rights lawyer, who is married to actor George Clooney, represents a number of victims of the Yazidi genocide including ISIS rape survivor, Nadia Murad.
The reclusive country is likely to have brought in the ban to control the spread of the news about killing of Kim Jong Nam, the step-brother of leader Kim Jong Un, according to a report.
Wednesday will mark the third anniversary of the disappearance of Malaysian Airlines flight 370.