Greta Thunberg has hope for climate, despite world leaders' inaction
Climate activist Greta Thunberg recounts how world leaders queued up to have their picture taken with her even as they shied away from acknowledging the grim scientific fact that time is running out to curb global warming.
Coronavirus: Sex workers face ruin as brothels shut down
Amid concerns over the new coronavirus, even the world's supposedly oldest profession is suffering a sudden slump.
PICS: Students across the globe skip class to demand action on climate
Students in more than 80 countries and territories worldwide skipped class in protest over their governments' failure to act against global warming.
Remains of huge ancient herbivore found in Polish village
Scientists say the remains of a giant, plant-eating creature which may have roamed the Earth more than 200 million years ago has been found in Poland.
LOOK: Germany is turning wasteland into lakeside resorts
Over the past two decades, the man-made craters of Lusatia's former coal mines have been slowly re-sculpted to create 26 lakes.
PICS: Sites linked to radical mosque in Berlin raided
German police have searched dozens of sites linked to a mosque frequented by the Berlin market attacker Anis Amri.
Co-pilot’s profile prompts questions
The profile that has emerged of Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz has become more troubling by the day.
Somali suicide bomber lived in Switzerland
A suicide bomber who last week killed himself and three others at a hotel in Mogadishu had previously lived in Switzerland.
Climate panel calls for ‘enlightenment’
Weeklong meeting aimed at spelling out what options the world has if it wants to prevent catastrophic global warming.
Probe on course for landing on comet
The European Space Agency is planning to land an unmanned spacecraft on a comet in an unprecedented, tricky mission.
Court orders changes to Google search hints
Google must respect requests to remove autocomplete entries from its search bar in Germany if they are defamatory, a German court ruled.
‘Neanderthals died out earlier than thought’
Theories about when the last Neanderthals walked the Earth may have to be revised, a study suggests.
Rabbis fear spread of circumcision row
A group of Orthodox rabbis warned that the ancient Jewish practice of infant male circumcision could face further restrictions in Europe.
Congo war crimes suspects named
The U. N. 's top human rights official on Tuesday named five Congo rebel leaders who she says may be responsible for war crimes.
Europeans want probe of Houla massacre
European countries want the UN's top human rights body to propose a war crimes probe into the killing of over 100 people in Syria.
UN has list of Syrian leaders for crimes probe
The UN experts indicated the list goes as high as President Bashar Assad.
Topless protesters detained
Three topless Ukrainian protesters were detained while trying to break into an invitation-only gathering of international CEOs and political leaders.
End gay executions - UN
The UN's top human rights official urged countries to abolish legal discrimination against gays.
Gaborone ranks high on pollution scale
Cities in Iran, India, Pakistan and the capital of Mongolia rank among the worst on the planet for air pollution, according to a WHO survey.
Theory of relativity challenged
One of the very pillars of physics and Einstein's theory of relativity - that nothing can go faster than the speed of light - has been rocked by new findings.
‘Slowly people started to die’
“Almost everyone on an overcrowded ship carrying some 600 African migrants to Europe is believed to have died,” the UN said.
Google appeals Street View ruling
If Google fails at the higher court, it would be the first time that the company has permanently switched off Street View anywhere.
Osama ‘would have chosen death’
Osama bin Laden would have chosen death over capture, the al-Qaeda chief's former sister-in-law has said.
WikiLeaks informant faces trial
A Swiss banker is reportedly facing trial for allegedly distributing confidential documents showing how his former employer helped rich clients to dodge taxes.