NASA has released raw footage of the Mars landing of the Curiosity rover.

Erich Mulato walked out of a dingy workshop in this mountain village and into a gold shop next door, clutching a handful of shiny warm nuggets newly refined from the ore he had brought in.

China relocated 1.3 million people during the 17 years it took to complete the Three Gorges dam.

Despite claims by Julian Assange that Washington is plotting to extradite and execute him, U.S. and European government sources say the United States has issued no criminal charges

Russia warned the West on Tuesday against unilateral action on Syria, a day after U.S. President Barack Obama threatened enormous consequences if his Syrian counterpart used chemical

The foreign ministry was looking at summoning Pakistani high commissioner to India, Salman Bashir, and presenting him with the evidence.

Sea ice in the Arctic Ocean is likely to shrink to a record small size sometime next week, and then keep on melting, a scientist at the U.S. National Climate Data Center said on

President Barack Obama warned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Monday that U.S. forces could move against him, notably if he deployed his chemical weapons against rebels

The growth of high topography on the Tibetan Plateau in Sichuan, China, began much earlier than previously thought, according to an international team of geologists who looked at mountain ranges along the eastern edge of the plateau.

Muslims are predicted to make up almost one in three of the world's population by 2025, and increasing numbers of well-heeled, well-educated Muslims are already seeking out goods and services that meet their needs - not only at home, but also when they travel.