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Emirati businessman Khadem Al Qubaisi was arrested last week in connection with an Abu Dhabi investigation into fraud and corruption, a report said.

Because of its close proximity to the star, GJ 1132b is flooded with ultraviolet light, which breaks water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen.

With the latest move, the total number of accounts suspended by the microblogging site in the past year has reached 360,000.

Divers associated with the climate change advocacy group 350.org went underwater marking dead coral reefs, blaming the “reckless behavior of Exxon and fossil fuel companies” for the damage.

The Chinese navy has increasingly been exercising in waters far from home as it seeks to hone its operational abilities.

Jean-Pierre Chevenement Said Muslims need to be "discreet."

A petition in Italy is gathering signatures to prevent a mosque from being built close to a popular tourist spot.

The Rio police chief said Lochte could be charged with giving false testimony and vandalism.

Ötzi the Iceman was a fashionista, according to researchers.

Scientists find a firm date for when the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean divided: 2.8 million years ago.

Here's an as-complete-as-possible timeline of what happened with the U.S. swimmers in Rio this week.

Fighting has escalated in eastern Ukraine with six Ukrainian servicemen wounded and three killed over the last 24 hours.

Can microchips deter polar bear smugglers?

Turkish authorities are punishing people linked to the cleric because they say he organized a deadly July 15 coup attempt.

Local officials said they have seen a damning video of a "US swimmer" fighting.

The Brexit vote has created an outlet for anti-immigration views and given rise to hate crimes, a report found.

The compendium, released by the Exome Aggregation Consortium, contains the gene-sequencing data of over 60,000 unrelated individuals.

A new study published Wednesday in the journal Nature shows the cellular and genetic connection between fins of fish and fingers of land animals.

The visit is Aung San Suu Kyi's first major diplomatic foray as Myanmar's de facto leader, after a new government took power in April.

Researchers from Queensland University of Technology in Australia recorded the behavior of a coral as it was bleaching under stress.

The tiny star, whose explosion was observed by astronomers in 2009, is part of the binary system V1213 located over 20,000 light-years from Earth.

A study found that older women who took calcium supplements were increasingly susceptible to developing dementia, but the increased risk was limited to women who had had a stroke.

Machali, who was 19 years old and has had books written and films made about her, lived and died in Ranthambore National Park in western India.

The U.S. replaced its B-52 bombers with B-1s and deployed three B-2 stealth bombers earlier this month amid growing tensions in the Korean Peninsula.

The report alleges beatings and rape in state jails and detention centers between 2011 and 2015.

Moscow first used Iran as a base to launch air strikes in Syria on Tuesday and the U.S. is looking into whether the move violated a U.N. resolution passed as part of the nuclear deal with Tehran.

Australia and Papua New Guinea said on Wednesday that they would close the Manus Island facility, but gave no timeline.

The results of the last elections, to which the US contributed $33 million, were scrapped.

Kenya places a time cap on weddings in the state of Mombasa.