The red dwarf star, located just 4.2 light-years from Earth, resembles our parent star in one key aspect — it exhibits a regular cycle of starspots.
The British prime minister has defended her "prerogative" to trigger the divorce without parliamentary approval.
In the IRS 43 binary system, located 400 light-years from Earth, the two stars share a large accretion disk in addition to their individual disks.
Fast food restaurant chain McDonald’s said it was being “thoughtful in respect to Ronald McDonald’s participation in community events” following the disturbing global trend.
The incident reportedly took place in Erbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, where French troops have been fighting along with Kurdish fighters against ISIS.
2014 UZ224 is roughly 8.5 billion miles from the sun and completes one orbit in 1,100 Earth years.
Lawyers for the only known survivor of a group of militants who killed 130 people in Paris last year said his continued refusal to testify was due to the conditions of his detention.
Hurricane Matthew has wreaked havoc across the Caribbean and Southeast U.S. The severe storm claimed up to 1,000 lives in Haiti and at least 28 in the U.S.
As China has begun to cut back on military growth in pace with its weakening GDP growth numbers, frustrated military workers took to the streets of Beijing on Tuesday.
A top Pakistani journalist, Cyral Almeida, has been placed on the Exit Control List for publishing a report detailing a possible rift between leaders of Pakistan's military and civilian government.
Heavily armed gunmen stormed Tuesday the Karte Sakhi Mosque in Kabul, opening fire on Shiite worshippers during the holy day of Ashura and battling Afghan police.
Conditions in Haiti following Hurricane Matthew are similar to the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake there.
At least 23,000 die every year from antibiotic resistant infections.
On Tuesday, the Kabul-based U.S. Embassy said worshipers may have been shot and taken hostage.
Dubai will build another record-breaking building, aptly named The Tower.
The imitation "X-Factor" may be connected to the reported lack of Islam knowledge most ISIS recruits have upon joining the group.
Saudi Aramco has halted the shipment of refined oil products to Egypt, possibly over political disputes.
Opposition leaders have blocked a potential public referendum that would allow citizens to vote on lifting a nation-wide ban on same-sex marriage that has been in place since 2004.
The nation's interim contitution calls for the monarchy to be hereditary, but a potential transfer of power could be far more difficult.
As United States President Barack Obama said, "Nothing should stand in the way of strong girls with bold dreams."
The government is partially funding a project for the world's smallest nuclear plant and hopes to install it in the South China Sea.
The festival is celebrated mostly by Hindus in India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
Rebel officials and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported casualties from the airstrikes but gave no immediate toll.
President Rodrigo Duterte criticized the military exercises between the Philippines and the U.S., saying that the war games were beneficial only to the U.S.
The bizarre phenomena of the so-called “killer clowns” scaring people began in the U.S. in August.
A study found that man-made climate change, which results in high temperatures and aridity, has caused forest fires to cover an extra 16,000 square miles.
The Monetary Authority of Singapore accused Falcon Private Bank of breaching anti-money laundering regulations.
Israeli authorities detained dozens of Palestinians celebrating Sunday's deadly attack in Jerusalem, including family members of the perpetrator.
The Jewish Day of Atonement involves not just fasting but intensive prayer.
The declining health of King Bhumibol Adulyadej has Thais concerned about what will happen when his son takes over.