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On a four-day trip to China, the Philippine president again referred to U.S. President Barack Obama as a “son of a whore,” and vowed better ties with Beijing.

Pyongyang’s Musudan intermediate-range missile test Thursday was also a failure, according to U.S. and South Korean officials.

European Space Agency officials confirmed Thursday that the Trace Gas Orbiter had entered an elliptical orbit around the red planet — calling it a "huge success" for the mission.

The Iraqi prime minister said the nation's forces are advancing toward Mosul — ISIS’ last major stronghold in Iraq — more quickly than earlier planned.

The primitive technology of creating stone tools with sharp edges had been considered a trait unique to humans, or our ancestors, the hominins.

Just 13 hours before it was scheduled to make a close flyby of the gas giant, the NASA spacecraft went into safe mode. It has since rebooted successfully.

David Kittos has alleged that the campaign used his copyrighted image of a bowl of Skittles for an anti-refugee tweet.

The militant group released a new propaganda video as the U.S.-led coalition continued its offensive in a bid to retake the Iraqi city.

Citing a "changing military-political situation," the new law would allow soldiers for hire to guard against "the suppression of international terrorist activities beyond the territory of Russia."

A book by archaeologist Robert Cornuke says Jesus Christ actually was crucified in the village of Silwan, an area now in the Palestinian territory.

A treaty prohibiting nuclear weapons would close the “legal gap” within the U.N.’s list of prohibited weapons, proponents argue.

Attacks carried out by the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria were up by 17 percent.

The Islamic State group may retreat to its capital of Raqqa, Syria, to make its last stand against enemies on all sides.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan evoked his nation's Ottoman past in a speech that warned of unilateral action against enemies.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has said "goodbye" to relations with the U.S. during a trip to China.

Mental health advocates say that what happened Tuesday night is emblematic of how the U.S. mental health care system is struggling.

McDonald's has introduced Halloween Witch Fries to their Japan menus.

Working in the service industry can increase employees' risk of stroke due to high demands and low control over work days.

A photo posted on Twitter by the British Army was sharply criticized for blackface.

This chimp at a North Korea zoo apparently smokes a pack a day.

The European Space Agency confirms that the ExoMars spacecraft has landed on the red planet.

Officials insisted on the religious neutrality of Québec law.

The U.S. expects ISIS to use chemical weapons and human shields as Iraqi forces and allies draw closer to the group's stronghold of Mosul.

New Horizons will rendezvous with 2014 MU69 — a 20 to 30 mile wide object located roughly a billion miles from Pluto.

According to a new study, over 300 species of wild mammals across the world are currently at risk from bushmeat hunting.

The U.S. State Department has urged Tehran to release the two Iranian-Americans, saying they have been unjustly detained.

A team of researchers has argued that consciousness may be the byproduct of the brain trying to move toward a state of higher entropy.

The Malaysian Islamic Development Department has suggested that the U.S. food chain call the dish “Pretzel Sausage” to obtain halal certification based on Islamic dietary laws.

The arrest was carried out in cooperation with the FBI, Czech police said on their website on Tuesday evening.