Until Zaytuna opened its doors three years ago, American Muslims who wanted to study and grow in their faith mostly had to look overseas for a college education.

Russia will ban foreign same-sex couples from adopting Russian children ...

Ole Oeiseth doesn't like leaving his house without a gun.

An asteroid that measures nearly 2.7km (1.7 miles) across has flown past the Earth.

Most Chinese are familiar with the old saying "Daughters should be brought up in rich surroundings", but spending 10,000 yuan ($1,630) a day to study etiquette is still beyond many people's imaginations.

More than two decades after the death of the systematic racial discrimination policy of apartheid, a community living southeast of South Africa's capital Pretoria is being accused of trying to keep its racist ideals alive.

Much, if not all, of the debate in higher education seems to be focused these days on massive open online courses, or MOOCs ...

Sharks swimming free in the oceans may soon become more valuable as tourist attractions than when caught, sliced up and served in soup ...

A vast and hidden field of small black holes predicted to be near the centre of our galaxy could be revealed as a giant gas cloud passes by.

ISC Research, which has been tracking the market for over thirty years, claims the market has grown rapidly in the last ten years, with global fee revenue estimated at £20.8 billion and expected to rise.