India's space agency has released an image of Mars taken by the nation's first interplanetary spacecraft.
India's low-cost mission to Mars successfully entered the red planet's orbit on Wednesday, crowning what Prime Minister Narendra Modi said was a "near impossible" push to become the first country to succeed on its maiden attempt.
Getting a spacecraft to orbit Mars is a complex mission that few countries have attempted and even fewer have achieved.
A solar-powered family car completed the drive from Los Angeles to San Francisco, fueled by good vibes and pure California sunshine.
Hillary Rodham Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign emphasized her experience, competence and preparation to become president. Her 2016 pitch could be simpler: She'd be the first female president.
They are the size of a pinhead and don't even sting, but the tiny wasps are cold-blooded killers nonetheless.
The US-led coalition launched strikes against Islamic State militants besieging a Kurdish town in Syria, on Wednesday, as world leaders at the UN prepared for talks on battling the jihadists.
Police in Melbourne have shot dead a "known terror suspect" who stabbed two officers, a day after the Islamic State group called for Muslims to indiscriminately kill Australians, officials said on Wednesday.
British Prime Minister David Cameron may announce as early as this week that Britain is ready to join airstrikes against the Islamic State group in Iraq and that he plans to seek Parliament's approval for such action, government sources said on Tuesday.
A new climate fund has received pledges of $2.3 billion, including a billion each from Germany and France, UN chief Ban Ki-moon said on Tuesday, but the figure remained far below the goal.
US health officials laid out on Tuesday worst-case and best-case scenarios for the Ebola epidemic in West Africa, warning that the number of infected people could rise to at least 1.4 million by mid-January - or peak well below that, if efforts to control the outbreak are ramped up.
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi is pulling out all the fashion stops for his upcoming visit to the United States, hiring a top Mumbai designer to create outfits that will sell his vision of a newly confident, aspirational India.
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