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If confirmed, Thae Yong Ho's defection would be one of the most high-profile ones in recent years from North Korea.

A recent study shows that the average adult knows more than 42,000 words.

Anjem Choudary has been found guilty of encouraging support for the Islamic State group.

He tweeted "no pasa nada," which conflicted with government reports indicating he was being held hostage by a rival crime syndicate.

Three women have been fined in Cannes, France for wearing 'burkinis.'

Tougher mental health checks and better medical examinations have been proposed for pilots following the deliberate crash of Germanwings flight 9525.

New study finds early plants are responsible for stabilizing the oxygen cycle on the planet.

President Barack Obama wants to close the international detention center.

Meet the five women who are running to become the United Nations' first-ever female secretary-general.

A toddler was reportedly among the dead.

Dozens of air strikes have hit civilians in Yemen since a coalition of Arab states began military operations in March 2015.

A new study suggests the risk of heart disease and related conditions in children could be predicted if the age at which their parents died was known.

During a series of experiments last year, Hungarian experimental physicists chanced upon a new particle that may be the basis of the fifth force of nature, a new study has shown.

Mainly conservative mayors who have imposed the ban say the garment defies French laws on secularism.

China claims most of the South China Sea, through which more than $5 trillion of trade moves annually.

At about 340 million years old, the floor of the Herodotus Basin could change our understanding of Earth’s geological history.

When used during pregnancy, pain-relieving medication also called paracetamol, may increase the risk of children developing behavioral problems, a study has found.

The Quantum Experiments at Space Scale satellite is on a two-year mission to establish “hack-proof” quantum communications between space and Earth.

Stephen Hawking had proposed in the 1970s that black holes can radiate quantum particles that would lead to their eventual evaporation.

As the full-body swimsuits continue to make headlines, it's time to talk about the burkini.

A weekend brawl on a local beach in Corsica, France led to a ban of the 'burkini.'

The Islamic State group ranked 70 percent of its recruits as only having a basic knowledge of Islam.

The schoolgirls were kidnapped in 2014.

The accident took place Monday at about 1 p.m. local time.

More than 35,000 people have been detained so far as part of an investigation into last month’s failed coup attempt.

Joshua Wong, Nathan Law and Alex Chow were facing charges of unlawful assembly and inciting others during the city’s “Umbrella Movement.”

Visa-free access to the EU has been subject to delays due to a dispute over Turkish anti-terrorism legislation and Ankara’s crackdown after a failed coup.

Airlander 10, which was originally developed for the U.S. military, can travel at up to 90 miles per hour and stay in the air for almost two weeks.

Thousands of armed security personnel were deployed near New Delhi’s Red Fort, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered his speech Monday.