Before a crowd of men on a street in the Syrian city of Palmyra, the masked Islamic State group judge read out the sentence against the two men convicted of homosexuality: They would be thrown to their deaths from the roof of the nearby Wael Hotel.
Thailand's Prime Minister vowed on Wednesday to fix the kingdom's airline industry after the United States downgraded the country's air safety rating in an embarrassing blow to the tourist-reliant nation.
Prison officers in western India have come up with a novel way for convicts to secure early release - master some yoga poses and pass an exam, an official said Wednesday.
The Nazi soldiers made their orders very clear: Jewish-American prisoners of war were to be separated from their fellow brothers in arms and sent to an uncertain fate.
For the first time in the year-plus fight against Islamic State militants, the United States is putting combat troops on the ground in a more permanent role in Iraq and Syria.
An explosion caused by a homemade bomb rocked an Istanbul metro station on Tuesday, triggering panic in the evening rush hour and wounding six people.
The Statue of Liberty, a symbol freedom that has greeted countless immigrants to US shores, was inspired by a project representing an Arab woman guarding the Suez Canal, researchers said.
Japan displayed a pair of two-legged humanoid robots on Wednesday that can operate in harsh conditions as the country prone to earthquakes and volcanic eruptions prepares for the next catastrophe.
Children will be more likely to survive tuberculosis, the world's most deadly infectious disease, once new strawberry-flavored and raspberry-flavored medicines are available early next year, experts said on Wednesday.
Volkswagen has reached an agreement with banks on the terms of a planned 20 billion euro ($21.22 billion) bridge loan to help it shoulder the costs of its emissions scandal, three people familiar with the matter said.
Faced with falling sales in richer nations, the tobacco industry has increasingly marketed its products in the developing world, where restrictions on promoting smoking are more relaxed, a new study said on Tuesday.
A tiny saltshaker symbol that warns certain meals are high in sodium will start to appear on Tuesday on menus in chain restaurants in New York City, the first US city to take the step in an effort to combat heart disease and stroke.
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