Turkish pop star Gulsen has been arrested on charges of βinciting hatred and enmityβ with a joke she made about Turkeyβs religious schools, the countryβs state-run news agency reported
A Saudi court has sentenced a doctoral student to 34 years in prison for spreading βrumorsβ and retweeting dissidents, according to court documents obtained Thursday, a decision that has drawn growing global condemnation.
A law has taken effect in Scotland to ensure period products are available free of charge to anyone who needs them.
Johnson & Johnson is pulling baby powder containing talc worldwide next year after it did the same in the U.S. and Canada amid thousands of lawsuits claiming it caused cancer.
Children ages 1-9 in London were made eligible for booster doses of a polio vaccine Wednesday after British health authorities reported finding evidence the virus has spread in multiple areas of the city but found no cases of the paralytic disease in people.
A beluga whale that became a French celebrity after a wrong turn took it up the Seine River had to be euthanized Wednesday after experiencing health complications during an urgent rescue operation, authorities said.
Work has been temporarily suspended at a copper mine in Chile as a massive sinkhole quickly grows in size.
Germany's annual Oktoberfest festival is finally on again for this fall, following a two-year hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic, the head of the famous Bavarian beer festival said Thursday.
A judge in Russia convicted American basketball star Brittney Griner of drug possession and smuggling Thursday and sentenced her to nine years in prison for drug possession and smuggling.
Australiaβs new government announced on Thursday it plans to prevent development of a coal mine due to the potential impact on the nearby Great Barrier Reef.
Police in Spain are investigating about 50 reported cases of women getting pricked with medical needles while at nightclubs or parties.
The U.S. has offered a deal to Russia aimed at bringing home WNBA star Brittney Griner and another jailed American, Paul Whelan, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday.
European Union governments agreed Tuesday to ration natural gas this winter to protect themselves against any further supply cuts by Russia as Moscow pursues its invasion of Ukraine.
Unprecedented heat wave fuels wildfires and leaves hundreds dead in countries largely without air conditioning.
A previously unknown self-portrait of Vincent Van Gogh has been discovered behind another of the artist's paintings, the National Galleries of Scotland said Thursday.
The number of new coronavirus cases reported worldwide rose for the fifth week in a row while the number of deaths remained relatively stable, the World Health Organization reported Thursday.
An American tourist had to be rescued on Mount Vesuvius near Naples after he apparently slipped into the Italian volcanoβs crater while trying to recover his fallen cellphone, news reports and the association of Vesuvius park guides said.
The first full-color image from NASA's James Webb Telescope has been released allowing us to see deeper in space than ever before.
Fendiβs ultra-white, sanitized runway has put the couture, not the decor, in the spotlight to cap Paris fashion week.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson resigned Thursday, acknowledging that it was βclearly the willβ of his party that he should go.
