Only about 300 to 400 people a year give a kidney to someone they never met. It's an act of generosity so unusual, a ...

Azerbaijan observed a day of mourning for the victims of the plane crash that killed 38 people and left all 29 survivors ...

They make their living off the sea, but their catch is dwindling. So these traditional fisherfolk are taking steps to ...

Triggered by a 9.1 magnitude earthquake off the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, the catastrophic event was the ...

Honda and Nissan are in talks over a merger as the auto industry sees two seismic changes. And, Russia violently attacked ...

An Israeli strike killed five Palestinian journalists outside a hospital in the Gaza Strip overnight, according to the Health ...

Singh was known as the father of economic reforms in India. He served as finance minister in the early 1990s, and his policies then set India on the path of economic liberalization and globalization.

The burst of new laws follows a landmark Supreme Court ruling, and reflects public frustration with record-high homelessness.

The copyrights of thousands of 20th-century films, books, compositions and sound recordings expire on Jan. 1, making them ...

Every year, we remember some of the writers, actors, musicians, filmmakers and performers who died over the past year, and ...

So you want to take a break from drinking alcohol. Maybe it's your New Year's resolution. Or maybe you just want a clearer ...

The death of an Olympic snowboarding athlete is a reminder that even the most skilled and experienced athletes are not immune ...