People eager to share personal information beyond what's on their Facebook profile now have another outlet: an online platform that was set to launch on Tuesday allowing them to give scientists information about their genomes, gut bacteria and other biological data.
An orchid named after former Singapore prime minister Lee Kuan Yew was presented on Tuesday to his son, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.
When Pakistani doctor Mehmood Jafri gets ready for work in the morning, the first thing he does is put his AK-47 in the car.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu apologized to Israel's Arab citizens on Monday for remarks he made during last week's parliamentary election that offended members of the community.
A tussle between Japan's central government and Okinawa Prefecture over the relocation of a US military base was escalating on Tuesday, as Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said the work was not to be halted.
India's top court on Tuesday canceled a controversial law that made posting "offensive" comments online a crime punishable by jail, a ruling which free speech campaigners hailed as a victory.
Abandoned buildings found in a remote Argentine nature reserve may have been planned as a potential hideout for top Nazi leaders, archaeologists said.
Once hailed by US President Barack Obama as a model for fighting extremism, the US counterterrorism strategy in Yemen has all but collapsed as the country descends into chaos, according to US and Yemeni officials.
The Nusra Front, the al-Qaida affiliate in Syria, is consolidating power in territory stretching from the Turkish border to central and southern Syria, crushing moderate opponents and forcibly converting minorities using tactics akin to its ultraconservative rival, the Islamic State group.
Tunisia's national museum was forced to delay its planned reopening on Tuesday, officials said, as security was boosted around the site of last week's jihadist massacre that killed 21 people.
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