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An eclectic mix of women from around the world will compete in the finale of a pageant exclusively for Muslims…

A bare 0.004 percent of the world's adult population controls nearly US$30 trillion in assets, 13 percent of the world's…

No trumpet sounded to mark the historic event -- instead, it was a hollow, springy plop which heralded last week's…

An Egyptian court acquitted a male doctor Thursday of carrying out a female circumcision that killed a teenager, in the…

Israel's government has blamed president Mahmud Abbas for anti-Jewish violence in Jerusalem, but the Palestinian leader wields neither the political…

Her elder half-sister Kim Kardashian may have tried to "break the Internet" with a provocative nude photo shoot last week,…

Gulf oil producers led by Saudi Arabia will likely reject output cuts at an OPEC meeting next week unless they…

Women in authority appear to be more vulnerable to depression than their male counterparts, a study by sociologists in the…

Scientific discovery mingles with stimulation in Britain's first exhibition about the study of sex, with pioneering sex aids, ancient phallic…

 Movie-goers worldwide will flock to see the new "Hunger Games" film this week, likely making it another blockbuster mega-hit --…