On Monday, a Long March-2F carrier rocket carrying a Shenzhou-11 spacecraft with two people on board will lift off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert.
Weather forecasters said Typhoon Sarika, which was packing winds of up to 95 mph before making landfall, was potentially the most destructive this year.
The event is known as the full hunter's moon and refers to the time of year when game are fattened and hunters prepare for the winter months ahead.
UNESCO's vote criticizing Israel and including only the Islamic title for Jerusalem's holy site calls Israel's international relations into question.
The new discovery could potentially help overcome the key obstacle in the creation of quantum computers.
Russia's Vladimir Putin met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the state of Goa in western India on the sidelines of the eighth annual BRICS summit.
On Friday, scientists at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany switched on a machine that aims to determine the mass of neutrinos.
Miao Deshun was one of the 1,602 people sentenced to prison in the wake of the bloody military crackdown on the student-led demonstration in June 1989.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will return to Syria talks Saturday, three weeks after the failure of their painstakingly drafted ceasefire.
The agreement, finalized during a U.N. meeting in Rwanda, aims to reduce the use of hydrofluorocarbons — potent greenhouse gases used in air conditioners and refrigerators.
The world's longest-reigning monarch, King Bhumibol, died Thursday in a Bangkok hospital, at the age of 88.
A viral obituary for the Great Barrier Reef stirs up worry for the world's largest reef.
An estimated 1.8 million people around the world died from tuberculosis in 2015.
It was the first major attack in the central Sinai area, signaling that the militant group may be extending its reach in Egypt.
The Russian lawmaker hinted that Americans may find themselves in the middle of a nuclear war if Trump doesn't become the president of the United States.
El Salvador frequently accuses women who miscarry of having abortions and charges them with homicide.
Aisha Buhari is taking a stand for the well being of her country.
The Treasury Department said Friday it had lifted "monetary value limitations on what authorized travelers may import from Cuba into the United States as accompanied baggage." That means it's time to drink.
The training exercise conducted by Russia's Eastern Military District practiced bombing runs in teams of two.
The military is looking to replace soon-to-be-retired aircraft and is asking foreign governments for help.
More than 230 people were on board MH370 when it vanished en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing in March 2014.
A survey of 18,000 citizens from 25 countries yields some surprising findings of what worries each nation the most—and the least.
The Islamic State group has thwarted a conspiracy to undermine the militant group's control of Mosul as the Iraqi Army plans an offensive to take the city.
Kim Jong Un reportedly ordered the purge as a punishment for the defection of Thae Yong-Ho, deputy ambassador to Britain, who fled with his family in July to South Korea.
A new poll shows Russians trust President Vladimir Putin and his government less and less.
A new study has revealed that our moon is being pummeled by meteorites far more frequently than previously assumed.
Music legend Bob Dylan’s memoir “Chronicles: Volume One” and “The Lyrics: 1961-2012,” a bound compilation, were two of the fastest sellers Thursday on Amazon.com.
The Thai tourism authority has said tourists can continue with travel plans, but various embassies urged their citizens to respect local sentiments while on holiday.
The problem was related to the carrier’s weight reporting system, which has now been resolved, the airline said.
An updated estimate of the number of galaxies in the observable universe pegs it at 2 trillion — 10 times higher than calculations had previously suggested.
