A total of 332 Muslims from northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region flew to Mecca, Saudi Arabia Sunday evening for the annual pilgrimage.

The swift conviction of Pope Benedict's former butler leaves lingering suspicions that he was a pawn in a much larger Vatican intrigue involving infighting in the papal court and alleged corruption at the highest levels of the Roman Catholic Church.

A new dinosaur the size of a house cat and described as a cross between a bird, a vampire and a porcupine has been identified in a piece of rock from South Africa.University of Chicago

As free courses become more easily available to anyone with a Internet connection, some American professors have developed a huge following abroad.

Britain is under mounting international pressure to stop all aid to the Rwandan government.

US is the most popular destination for higher education. It still hosts three times as many Indian students as the UK and is still is the most preferred destinations for higher education for Indians, particularly South Indian.

Guardian investigation finds only seven children from the city's poorest areas got grades for top university last year

Spurred on by the Democratic National Convention, new donate-by-text capability and an expanding lead in state and national polls, President Obama raised $181 million for his reelection effort in September

Vladimir Putin turns 60 today but what does one get the man who has everything?

The country's universities need to move beyond their aggressive recruiting tactics and to offer international students a warmer welcome, said speakers at a conference.