Astronomers have discovered a new type of rocky planet beyond the solar system that weighs more than 17 times as much as Earth while being just over twice the size, scientists said on Monday.
People are slightly less likely to flee an oncoming storm with a feminine name than a masculine one, a new study finds.
Late British television presenter Jimmy Savile was a far more prolific sex offender than previously suspected, a charity said on Monday, abusing children as young as 2 and targeting victims in a high-security psychiatric hospital.
Oliver Stone will write and direct a film about Edward Snowden, one of two high-profile films in the works about the US National Security Agency leaker.
Japan's defense minister said on Tuesday he wants to meet his Australian counterpart this month to push for an agreement to jointly develop military technology, part of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's drive for a more robust military.
Five former victims of Japan's wartime sex slavery and their supporters submitted hundreds of official documents to the Japanese government on Monday, demanding that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe acknowledge Japan's past atrocities and formally apologize.
Like thousands of other factory owners in Vietnam, Nguyen Van Phuc relies on China for the expertise and raw materials needed to keep his production line humming. But spiking tensions between Hanoi and Beijing over maritime territorial claims are threatening that relationship and his bottom line.
Beijing demanded on Tuesday that Hanoi "withdraw its vessels and personnel immediately" from the waters off a Chinese oil drilling site in the South China Sea.
The commander of US troops stationed in the Republic of Korea said on Tuesday he has proposed deploying an advanced missile-defense system to the country to counter the growing threat of Pyongyang's weapons capabilities.
Fighting raged in eastern Ukraine for the second straight day on Tuesday as government forces rolled out an offensive against separatist rebels holding the city of Sloviansk, with reports of fatalities on both sides.
US President Barack Obama announced on Tuesday that the United States plans to boost its military presence in Europe in response to growing tensions between Russia and its European neighbors.
Israel's prime minister said on Tuesday he is "deeply troubled" by the United States' decision to maintain relations with the new Palestinian unity government, urging Washington to tell the Palestinian president that his alliance with the Hamas militant group is unacceptable.
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