Two inflatable boats holding nearly 100 migrants capsized near the Libyan coast Thursday, raising the migrant death toll.
A Christmas card sent to a mosque insulted the prophet Muhammad and Allah.
"I would prefer Islam not to be mentioned in vain alongside terrorism," the Russian president said at his annual year-end press conference Friday.
The story of Hanukkah dates back more than 2000 years and wasn’t just an uprising against a brutal ruler.
The hijacker described himself as "Pro-Gadhafi" and had begun releasing passengers from the Libyan flight in Malta.
Almost 20 years after it featured in a “Seinfeld” episode, Festivus continues to be celebrated.
Animal rights activist Josette Benchetrit’s online petition, “Stop the genocide of rats,” has already garnered more than 21,500 signatures.
The silicon-based device, created by researchers at Princeton University, could eventually help build viable and robust quantum computers.
The Libyan plane, which was flying a domestic route, was reportedly forced to land in the island nation off the coast of Libya.
The image, which shows the pockmarked surface of the 52-mile-wide body, was taken by the spacecraft during its flyby Sunday.
A Europe-wide manhunt was launched for Anis Amri following the attack that killed 12 people Monday.
The discovery of ripples in the fabric of space-time — first predicted by Einstein in 1915 — was named the "Breakthrough of the Year" by the journal Science.
The rVSV-ZEBOV vaccine — developed with the help of the Canadian government — was found to be effective in a trial involving over 11,800 people in Guinea.
Analysts suggest that Bashar Assad’s recapturing of Aleppo is not an indicator of peace returning to the conflict-affected region.
Nearly a third of U.S. citizens are likely to travel this holiday season, but the State Department is warning some places could pose a significant safety risk.
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was arrested April 3 on unspecified national security charges as she prepared to return to England with her 2-year-old daughter.
Congolese police have been squaring off with demonstrators since Monday when President Joseph Kabila's term expired without him stepping down.
Syrians in western Aleppo celebrated a massive tree-lighting ceremony as uncertainties plagued civilians and militants awaiting evacuation from the city's east.
A representative of the Somali Religious Council said the teachings of Allah do not permit women to “wear sports attire” or “show their body and beauty” publicly.
The "airpocalypse" in China put a number of cities on red alert for hazardous levels of smog.
North Korea is claiming the south has been persuading its ambassadors around the world to defect.
This year will see a rare coinciding of the Christian celebration of Christmas and the Jewish holiday Hanukkah.
Parts of the United States will have a white Christmas. Others will get a slick one.
Pope Francis used his annual Christmas greeting to highlight his efforts to reform the Catholic Church and denounce the hardliners who resisted.
"Religious freedom is a daily, stark choice between life and death."
The Russian president also called for the country’s military to develop missiles that can penetrate any missile-defense system.
Campi Flegrei, Europe’s only supervolcano, is showing signs of reawakening and its eruption could affect half a million people, according to a new study.
The TanSat satellite, launched on board a Long March-2D rocket on Thursday, was sent to a sun synchronous orbit roughly 435 miles from the surface of Earth.
According to German media reports, investigators searched several locations overnight, including a refugee home in Emmerich on the Dutch border.
The fifth consecutive increase in defense spending since Prime Minister Shinzo Abe took office is scheduled to kick in from April.
