New missile defense system is unveiled

Iran released images of its first domestically built long-range missile defense system on Sunday, a project started when the country was under international sanctions.

US cuts advisers to Saudi-led coalition in Yemen

The US military has slashed the number of intelligence advisers directly supporting the Saudi-led coalition's air war in Yemen, the US Navy said on Saturday, following concerns over civilian casualties.

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Cupping and coining: I did it long before Michael Phelps did in Rio

Ancient Asian medical treatment is having an Olympic moment

Court split on transgender woman's pension right

Britain's top court said last Wednesday it was unable to agree on the case of a transgender woman who was denied a female pension because she refused to divorce her wife.

Dogged love won a flight attendant's devotion

Most flight attendants have a tale to tell of long-distance relationships, but this one has a happy ending that's enchanted legions of social media users worldwide.

At lone gun store, even the boss discourages sales

There's just one place in all of Mexico where you can legally buy a gun. It's tucked away in an anonymous building on an army base in the capital, staffed by soldiers.

Largest aircraft gets off ground

A blimp-shaped, helium-filled airship considered the world's largest aircraft flew for the first time on Wednesday with a short but historic jaunt over an airfield in central England.

Abandoned resort hardly 'home' for refugees

A small house close to the beach in western Greece is replete with a small rose garden, flowers in a vase, a thatched roof and a kennel, all created by its newly arrived refugee occupants.

'Oldest man ever' says yoga key to age

Looking remarkably unlined for his claimed 120 years, an Indian monk who says he is the oldest man to have ever lived puts his longevity down to no sex or spices, and daily yoga.

Women revive ancient allure of waist beads

Wearing a brightly-colored wraparound dress, Sonia ambles through the crowds at a market in a popular neighborhood of Lome, a string of tiny red beads dangling from her hips.

State leader offers to house asylum seekers

The premier of Western Australia state, a member of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's Liberal Party, has offered to accept refugees from Australian-funded detention centers amid growing concern about conditions for the 1,350 people held in the camps.