The comparison was made while citing reports the Trump administration would require political appointees to review scientific data.
WikiLeaks put out a news release Monday demanding the United Kingdom and Sweden ensure Assange's free movement around the world and "restore [his] liberty."
Almost 4,500 people alleged they were victims of child sex abuse within Catholic institutions in Australia over the past 35 years.
The country also moved ahead with its plans to decriminalize small-scale personal cannabis use in January.
President Donald Trump inherited military conflicts in multiple countries across the Middle East.
JAXA, the Japanese space agency, had launched Kounotori6 on Dec. 6, and deploying a large net to collect space junk was one of the mission’s prime objectives.
Catholic men dress up as devil take part in processions to to mark the “Candelaria” procession and the day of Saint Blas.
A lawyer named Jan Ladislaides was reviewing municipal account documents and in appreciation he signed his go-ahead by drawing a small circle with two dots and a line.
The U.S. broadcaster’s host Bill O’Reilly called the Russian president a “a killer” while interviewing President Donald Trump on Sunday.
France will hold the first round of its presidential elections on April 23, with incumbent president François Hollande declining to run for a second term.
More than hundreds of people in Afghanistan and Pakistan have been killed after heavy snow and avalanches hit over the weekend.
The North Korean leader reportedly feels threatened by Kim Pyong Il, the country’s ambassador to the Czech Republic who resembles the nation's founder Kim Il Sung.
The British monarch died Feb. 6, 1952, ending more than 15 years of his reign and making his eldest daughter Elizabeth II the queen of England.
Elizabeth surpassed Queen Victoria as Britain's longest-serving monarch in 2015 and will become the first ever to celebrate her Sapphire Jubilee.
Queen Elizabeth II is the first British monarch to celebrate 65 years to the throne. She is reported to commemorate the day in private.
At 90, Queen Elizabeth II’s recent health issues has raised speculations whether she will give up her royal duties.
Iran tested a medium range missile a week ago in violation of a United Nations Security Council resolution banning missiles that could carry a nuclear device. Iran said the test was not a breach of the 2015 U.N. resolution.
Chinese officials have warned the U.S. about "making wrong remarks" regarding a disputed territory between China and Japan.
The 90-year-old will become the first British monarch to celebrate a Sapphire Anniversary on Feb.6.
In response to President Donald Trump’s executive order denying visas to Iranians, Tehran had said it would do the same for U.S. wrestlers seeking to participate in the event.
"We wish it to be a springboard for positive change," Tezer Kutluk, president of the Union for International Cancer Control, said in a news release.
The comments by Defense Secretary James Mattis were made after the Trump administration announced fresh sanctions against Iran in response to its ballistic missile test.
About 5,000 light-years from Earth, in the direction of the constellation Puppis, lies a stellar structure that goes by an unappetizing name — the Rotten Egg Nebula.
A nuclear war "would either annihilate Earth-originating intelligent life or permanently and drastically curtail its potential," a new report has found.
A public pool used to have hours where only females could enjoy the pool every Saturday for nearly a decade.
A 29-year-old Egyptian suspect rushed toward a crowd of guards shouting "Allahu akbar," an Arabic term for "God is great," Friday at about 10 a.m. local time.
An Arabic-language hashtag reading "I love gays and I'm not one of them" trended worldwide, attracting global solidarity and criticism.
The number of asylum seekers in the EU spiked over the past two years, and so have hate crimes against them.
The accusations stem from an alleged hack last year, similar to the one Russia may have pulled off during the 2016 presidential election.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Iran only uses its missiles for defense, unlike the U.S.