The governor of Nairobi has ignited an explosive debate amongst Kenyans over the issue of children born out of wedlock to powerful politicians and their lovers.

The prospect of Britain crashing chaotically out of the European Union seems increasingly likely as time goes on.

Four Russia-based nuclear monitoring stations that monitor radioactive particles in the atmosphere have mysteriously gone quiet after an August 8 explosion at a Russian missile testing facility, an explosion that has sparked confusion and concerns ab…

An Iranian oil supertanker that was seized by the UK, a move that came amid escalating tension between Tehran and the West, was released Sunday and was moving away from Gibraltar, according to local media and maritime tracking site.

Veronica was 21 years old and scared.

In the early days of WeWork, the two people most associated with the company were cofounders Adam Neumann and Miguel McKelvey. As they grew the brand, the pair was interviewed and photographed, together and separately, by numerous publications.

London's subway has become the latest transportation agency to use location data collected from people's smartphones in a bid to improve services.

Uber has picked Melbourne as the first city outside the United States to debut its flying taxis.

As Sweden's population ages, the country faces a challenge: how can it maintain support for its citizens without breaking the bank?

If you're looking for a reason to care about tree loss, the nation's latest heat wave might be it. Trees can lower summer daytime temperatures by as much as 10 degrees Fahrenheit, according to a recent study.

Rich people don't just have bigger bank balances and more lavish lifestyles than the rest of us -- they also have bigger carbon footprints.

In 1987, ground was broken on a grand new hotel in North Korea's capital, Pyongyang. The pyramid-shaped, supertall skyscraper was to exceed 1,000 feet in height, and was designed to house at least 3,000 rooms, as well as five revolving restaurants wi…

Say "doomsday bunker" and most people would imagine a concrete room filled with cots and canned goods.

If this car could talk, it would describe a road to fame with all the twists and turns of a Hollywood plot.

With majestic glaciers, fjords and mountains, Norway is famous for its dramatic natural landscape.

Before the arrival of photography, the Western imagination of China was based on paintings, written travelogues and dispatches from a seemingly far-off land.

In a striking image by Korean photographer Nina Ahn, a solitary figure stands by a window, street lights glimmering around her. Another shows a woman in her 20s sitting alone on a guardrail beside an empty highway in Seoul.

Roller coaster fans savor every second of the ride, but there's something really special about that big drop.

Two French tourists could be jailed after being caught with sand allegedly stolen from a Sardinian beach.

The European Union is ready for a no-deal Brexit and Britain would suffer most under such a scenario, Brussels has claimed.

Lidl's Irish business has said that British suppliers will be responsible for additional tariffs in the event of a no-deal Brexit.

Iceland has said goodbye to its first glacier lost to climate change.

Jeffrey Epstein's sex scandal and suicide has prompted huge conversation about the mysterious life of the New York financier.

A message in a bottle launched into the sea by a Russian sailor during the Cold War has been found 50 years later by an Alaskan man while he was out gathering firewood.

Three potential mass shootings have been foiled within three days of each other, US police say.

Donald Trump may be in the Oval Office now, but his recent interest in buying Greenland suggests his heart is still in real estate.

An Iranian oil tanker detained off Gibraltar last month left the British territory and was headed through the Mediterranean towards Greece on Monday.

Donald Trump has confirmed he is interested in buying Greenland, saying it would be "essentially a large real estate deal".

A French couple could face up to six years in prison after allegedly stealing sand from an Italian beach.

A U.S. soldier from Louisiana died last week of non-combat-related injuries in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the Department of Defense announced Monday.

One tropical feature is forecast to develop and hug the west coast of Mexico, while a second tropical feature may form and eventually pass close to Hawaii in the coming days.

The top diplomats of South Korea and Japan are expected to meet in Beijing on Thursday.

A United Nations committee is separating the sheep from the goats with new exemptions for organizations that work to provide aid in North Korea.

British health officials say they'll take "urgent action" to hike vaccination rates after an unusually high number of measles this year has led the World Health Organization to pull its status as a "measles-free" nation.

Counterfeit alcohol laced with methanol has killed 25 people in Costa Rica, its ministry of health announced Monday.

North Korea is promoting robotics education at the elementary school level.

Former Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir went to court Monday for the start of his trial on corruption charges for allegedly possessing foreign currency and receiving illegal gifts.

North Korea is slamming the United States for prohibiting foreign passport holders from traveling visa-free.

U.S. President Donald Trump has said his Middle East peace plan will not be fully released until after Israeli elections next month.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will meet with French and German leaders this week to negotiate a plan so Britain can leave the European Union with a deal in place before the Oct. 31 deadline.

More than 700 firefighters are trying to put out a wildfire on the Spanish vacation island of Gran Canaria, where officials say about 5,000 people have been evacuated so far.

Responding to a weekend attack that killed at least 63 people, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani promised Monday to root out the Islamic State terror group from its hideouts and blamed the Taliban for supporting terror.

Protests that erupted in West Papua over the weekend turned violent Monday when demonstrators set fire to a parliament building and local stores in anger against alleged police brutality committed against ethnic Papuans.

President Moon Jae-in called on North Korea and the United States on Monday to seize the current opportunity to achieve denuclearization and lasting peace.

China's Embassy in Ottawa told Canada to "stop meddling in Hong Kong affairs" after the North American country made a statement with the European Union in support of the right to peaceful assembly in Hong Kong.

The organizers of a rally on Sunday afternoon in Hong Kong's Victoria Park claimed that at least 1.7 million protesters turned out in a massive show of force against government leaders and the police.

Gibraltar authorities released an Iranian oil tanker seized by Britain over 40 days ago after rejecting a request by the United States to continue detaining the vessel.

Afghanistan officials believe dozens are dead after an explosion rocked a crowded wedding hall west of the country's capital of Kabul Saturday evening.