The U.N. Security Council met on Sunday to discuss the recent massacre in the Syrian town of Houla, which the United Nations has blamed on the Syrian government but Damascus

Overseas universities queuing to set up affiliated degree programmes, joint degrees and foreign branch campuses in Asia need to do their sums carefully and understand the job market in those countries, or they will fail.

The US State Department announced major reforms earlier this month to its premier cultural exchange programme, following a wave of complaints by student workers over low pay and squalid working conditions.

Australia, New Zealand and South Africa are to share the world’s biggest telescope – the Square Kilometre Array

Emergency law tried to limit size and scope of tuition-hike protests, but police allow demonstration to go on as planned

Vatican magistrates formally charged Pope Benedict's butler with illegal possession of secret documents on Saturday and said a wider investigation would take place to see if he

The Muslim Brotherhood and a military man close to ousted leader Hosni Mubarak courted defeated first-round candidates in Egypt's presidential election on Saturday, each trying to claim

The regime of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has been accused of profiting from the Marange diamond fields, garnering illicit funds that could be used to bolster his oppressive security forces. Now critics are alleging the government is failing to stop mining-waste pollution that is sickening livestock and local villagers.

Chinese Confucius centers in the United States are at the center of a confusing decision recently made by the U.S. government.

Between 2001 and 2005, Augustana College enrolled roughly 3,500 freshmen. Only three of them came from Colorado.