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Scientists believe that we are now entering the sixth mass extinction largely due to “human-induced species losses.”

The later freezing and earlier thawing of Arctic ice, where polar bears spend a lot of their time, affects all 19 of their subpopulations, a study said.

The annual beer celebration ironically does not begin in October.

Washington has confirmed that a total of nine people freed from Guantanamo have rejoined militant groups.

The true nuclear capability of the isolated and secretive state is impossible to verify.

While the package constitutes the most U.S. military aid ever given to any country, it entails concessions by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

President Barack Obama met with Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and praised the country's progress since last year's elections.

The EU is proposing copyright law reforms that would make video and music sharing sites like YouTube pay more.

The Mid-Autumn Festival marks a significant time in East Asia where families come together to have dinner and spend time outdoors.

Conspiracy theories surrounding the Sept. 11 attacks and how real the Islamic State militant group is have abounded for years.

If the bill becomes a law, everyone in the Netherlands would become an automatic organ donor unless they tell government officials otherwise.

Boko Haram released a video Tuesday that showed militants threatening to "capture" Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, a former military leader who was elected to office after he vowed to eradicate the group. 

The country's national parks service said that 7,500 hippos and 47,000 buffalos in Kruger National Park are at their highest numbers ever.

The European Space Agency has released the first data in its effort to create the most precise 3D map of our galaxy — one that would, once complete, chart over 1 billion stars.

The last time the active Japanese volcano, in the country’s southwestern Kyushu island, had a major eruption was in 1914.

The Category 5 storm has been referred to as this year’s strongest storm yet, and is expected to cause more destruction as it moves into mainland China.

In his first State of the Union address since the U.K.’s unexpected vote to leave the 28-nation bloc, the European Commission president proposed to double his flagship EU investment plan.

Ofek-11 was launched aboard an indigenous Shavit rocket Tuesday, after a 24-hour delay, and was successfully placed into a low Earth orbit.

Two U.S. supersonic B-1 Lancer strategic bombers flew over the South Korean Osan Air Base following North Korea’s fifth nuclear test last week.

Heavy rains in the country’s northern region were triggered by the typhoon Lionrock late in August and early September.

About a dozen bears had trapped scientists on a weather research station on an island in the southern Kara Sea since Saturday.

The bill to set up the controversial vote was introduced in parliament Wednesday — the first anniversary of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s term.

Hackers compromised the World Anti-Doping Agency’s database to release sensitive information on Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles, tennis stars Serena and Venus Williams and others.

Taiwan’s new President Tsai Ing-wen has not said whether the government would allow a visit by the Dalai Lama, who congratulated Tsai on her “remarkable” victory.

With Suu Kyi no longer an opposition figure, the United States is weighing a further easing of sanctions against Myanmar.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that it had received not a single report of combatants or civilians killed by fighting in any areas covered by the truce.

It's the strongest storm the world has seen since Super Typhoon Haiyan destroyed parts of the Philippines in 2013.

Peres reportedly was working on a video urging Israelis to buy Israeli products when he fell ill.

The "stoning" ritual is typically done once Muslims reach Mina, located just outside of Mecca.