Last week, an extraordinary, historic event occurred. The government of Norway invited all the nations of the world to a two-day conference to discuss the humanitarian effects of nuclear war and to begin the process to ban all nuclear weapons.

Bow to me my little minions.

Preparations at the site of Tuesday's papal conclave include a high-tech scrubbing of the chapel for bugs and electronic monitoring equipment. Wi-Fi will be blocked throughout Vatican City, and cardinals with Twitter and Facebook accounts have b ...

Tropical forests are less likely to lose biomass – plants and plant material - in response to greenhouse gas emissions over the twenty-first century than may previously have been thought, suggests a study published online this week in Nature Geoscien ...

These unlocked, unloaded and unmanned abandoned police stations suggest that when the long arm of the law has withered, the end of society must be nigh.

A 63-year-old man who was asked to leave a Dunkin' Donuts in Connecticut later returned to the eatery –– with an ax.

It wasn't just £20k bling headphones to be found at the Harrods Technology 2.0 showcase, as Spymaster - best known for its security devices - had something altogether cooler and far pricier on show: a mock-up of a $2-million private submarine. Y ...

Sperm whale on Spanish southern coast had swallowed 17kg of plastic waste dumped by greenhouses supplying produce to UK

Pretty neat.

More Christian parents are asking for mainstream science in their children's curricula. Will religious textbook companies deliver?

Things are heating up on the Korean border today. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has officially cancelled the nonaggression pact between North and South Korea that unofficially ended the Korean War in 1953, closed down the North's shared border ...

It’s a finding that has astronomers puzzled: the oldest known star appears older than the universe itself. Yes, you read that right. According to a newly released report, an aging star — dubbed HD 140283 — lies 190.1 light-years away from Earth and i ...

Clinton is such a character.

Four lower-ranking chimpanzees have banded together to assassinate their group's leader and take his place.

Russia's new defense minister wants to extinguish one of the Russian military's most endemic health problems and martial perks: giving free cigarettes to troops. His challenge is to prevent nicotine-deprived soldiers from violently freaking ...

Nicholas Webber, 21, of Southsea, Hampshire, was able to access the network after being allowed to join the jail's technology classes.

Clarksdale mayoral candidate Marco McMillian, found dead last week along the Mississippi River levee, was beaten, dragged and set on fire, according to his family in a statement released Monday.

Britain's former top Catholic Church official has admitted that his sexual conduct had fallen short of the required standard. Keith O'Brien had been due to vote in the conclave for a new pope before his resignation.

How a struggling entrepreneur in Ohio saved his burger business during Lent and changed the McDonald's menu for good.

Billed as one of the most technically advanced airports in the world, the German capital's delayed new hub has a fresh glitch.