Wild chimpanzees enjoying opportunistic binges on palm wine have helped shed light on a theory about evolution, scientists said on Wednesday.
An Australian state government will conduct a survey to reveal the actual size of its endangered crocodile population for the first time in a decade, local media reported on Wednesday.
President of the Republic of Korea Park Geun-hye postponed a US visit on Wednesday to supervise the handling of an outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome.
Pakistan has executed a man who was 15 when he was sentenced to death for murder and whose lawyers say was tortured into confessing, in a case that has prompted concern among rights groups and the United Nations.
A volcano in western Indonesia that has been spewing clouds of searing gas high into the air released a powerful new burst on Wednesday.
Hollywood kung fu superstar Jackie Chan found himself being more loved for visiting people personally rather than his donation of 5,000 boxes of relief aid essential for earthquake victims.
Members of a UN peacekeeping mission engaged in "transactional sex" with more than 230 Haitian women who said they agreed so they could obtain items such as food and medication, a sign that sexual exploitation remains significantly underreported in such missions, according to a new report.
A Texas police officer videotaped pulling a gun out at a teen pool party resigned on Tuesday in the latest racially charged incident involving the use of force.
Almost 170 million young people are trapped in child labor, deprived of education and face a life without decent jobs, the International Labour Organization said on Wednesday.
FIFA, soccer's governing body, said on Wednesday that it will hold an extraordinary executive committee meeting in July to discuss dates for the presidential election that will choose a replacement for Sepp Blatter.
Standing under his sacred banyan tree, Albi Nagia is praying to Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth II's husband, who is celebrating his 94th birthday on Wednesday.
Make no mistake, these women kick ax. Even their T-shirts say so.
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