The practice of involuntary sterilization has been widely condemned as a human rights violation, including by the United Nations.
The reputation of the successor to the world's longest-reigning monarch, and the country's history of economic downturn and political instability, has sowed doubts about Thailand's future.
The U.K. Home Office reports a substantial increase in racially and religiously charged crime following the country's decision to leave the E.U.
Health and justice ministers asked lawmakers to consider allowing those who are not terminally ill to have the right to an assisted death.
As North Korea continues a push to bolster its nuclear arsenal, tensions on the peninsula are forcing some in South Korea to question if it may be a good idea to bring nukes back to their turf.
The group of soldiers and police were viciously attacked, leaving few survivors.
Syrian and Russian aircraft continue to pummel Aleppo and other targets.
As of 11 a.m. EDT, Nicole was moving northeast at about 16 mph with winds up to 120 mph.
After Hurricane Matthew ravaged the country, deportations have been suspended.
The historic UNESCO vote claims Temple Mount and the Western Wall are solely Muslim holy sites.
Japan could soon ban smoking in public facilities in an effort to cut down on secondhand smoke ahead of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
The state wants to bring Pistorius back to trial for a third time.
In an interview with two journalists, French President François Hollande let slip an opinion of Muslims that might better suit the far-right Front National than his own center-left French Socialist Party.
A classified army dispatch reveals that Turkey purged nearly 150 of its NATO military envoys last month, adding to a large list of those disciplined for a failed coup attempt in July.
News of the death of his father, Bhumibol Adulyadej, broke Thursday.
How will a nation that hasn't lost a king in 70 years deal with the death of King Bhumibol?
New research by Deloitte shows that most luxury goods in the United Kingdom now cost less than in any other major destination in the world.
The world’s longest reigning monarch had been admitted to the hospital Monday and was on a ventilator fighting a new infection.
The girls were taken hostage from the northeast Nigerian town of Chibok in April 2014, triggering international outrage.
American music legend Bob Dylan won the 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature Thursday "for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition.”
“It’s political rhetoric that doesn’t make a lot of sense and doesn’t take account of the reality in Syria,” Russian President Vladimir Putin said.
The action was in retaliation to the firing of a pair of missiles at the USS Mason while it was in international waters.
Jaber AlBakr, a Syrian who was granted asylum last year, was suspected of planning a bomb attack at a German airport and was arrested Monday.
A new study has found that beer with hops could be less damaging to the liver compared to beer without hops and hard liquor.
Despite the recent sightings, experts say there needs to be more concrete proof to verify that the baiji is still swimming in the Yangtze River.
Germany, Europe's biggest recipient of asylum seekers, just made it a lot harder for them to survive in the country with a law denying them access to welfare for five years.
Three Syrian men are being called heroes by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and local authorities alike after thwarting a bombing attempt from a fellow Syrian migrant Monday.
Russia has announced that it will join China in countering U.S. plans to expand its missile defense system in Europe and Asia.
Habitat III will be held in Ecuador starting Oct. 17 as leaders attempt to solve rising populations.
Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte plans to issue a countrywide ban on public smoking. What other countries carry out smoke-free laws?
