Following last month's Taliban school massacre, Pakistan is allowing teachers to carry weapons.

Humanities advocates sometimes dispute data about declining numbers of majors in their disciplines ...

After years of fitful starts, the Pacific island nation of Kiribati this month banned all commercial fishing inside its huge marine reserve.

Bloomsburg University and Indiana University of Pennsylvania are going to be the latest state universities to test the idea of scrapping their flat full-time undergraduate tuition rate and move to a system that charges students on a per-credit basis, starting in the fall.

In the hilly Singrauli region of northern India, animals feed on ash-covered grass, smoke stings the eyes and burns the throat ...

Internet retailer Amazon and its fast-growing local rivals are driving a boom in commercial property leasing in India as their storage needs rise, with shoppers in the country going online to buy everything from televisions to groceries.

Find out how your wage compares to the average in your country, then see where you sit globally.

The government in the Philippines is facing calls for an inquiry after it admitted relocating homeless people temporarily during Pope Francis' visit.

The cash-strapped Indian government has announced massive cuts in the education sector, especially higher education allocations, for the year 2014-15.

A big asteroid will fly by Earth on Monday, but NASA says don't worry -- we'll be safe.