India on Wednesday made history by successfully placing its spacecraft in orbit around Mars, becoming the first country in the world to succeed in such an inter-planetary mission in the maiden attempt itself. At 7:17 am, the 440 Newton Liquid Apogee Motor ...

As U.S.-led air strikes targeted militants in Syria, the country's Tourism Ministry was busy organizing fireworks, songs and poetry. Away from the efforts to dislodge Islamic State extremists, the government is sponsoring a festival in the city of Tartus on the ...

WASHINGTON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Every 30-day delay in isolating Ebola patients will cause a tripling in daily cases of the deadly epidemic sweeping West Africa, according to new forecasts released on Tuesday. As world leaders gather in New ...

Liverpool have clawed their way into the next round of the Capital One Cup after a record-breaking penalty shootout victory against Middlesbrough. Liverpool came through 14-13 in the shootout, in a game which also saw young player Jordan Rossiter score ...

NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Hackers threatened to leak nude photos of actress Emma Watson days in response to she gave a speech at the United Nations urging men to join the fight for gender equality, The Guardian newspaper reported ...

Police in a Melbourne suburb shot dead an alleged terrorist suspect late Tuesday after the man stabbed two law-enforcement officers, Australian authorities said. The 18-year-old man was killed outside a police station in southeast Melbourne in an incident ...

Turkey has lifted a ban on wearing the Islamic-style headscarf in schools, allowing girls from the fifth grade and up to cover their hair in a further easing of generations-old restrictions on the public expression of faith. Turkey has lifted a ban on wearing the ...

Even overseas, Mayor de Blasio can't escape opposition to his unpopular plan to ban the city's horse-carriage industry. A large British union came out swinging Tuesday for the city's horse-drawn carriages, and plans to confront the mayor on the issue when ...