Society

Miss South Africa, 22-year-old Rolene Strauss, was crowned Miss World 2014 at the pageant's final in London on Sunday, with…

When a group of activists is arrested in Egypt, the call for help goes most often to lawyer Ragia Omran.…

Protesters plunged half-naked into the icy sea and unfurled banners Saturday to try to stop oil prospecting near Spain's Canary…

A Hindu priest-turned-lawmaker vowed on Friday to convert hundreds of Muslims and Christians to Hinduism on Christmas Day, despite a…

The Giza pyramids, Sphinx and Cairo Tower were lightened up in orange on Wednesday within efforts by the United Nations…

A Nashville-area haunted house is getting into the Christmas spirit this weekend, with Zombie Santa, his undead elves and one…

Time magazine on Wednesday named the medics who have treated patients struck with the killer Ebola virus as its "Person…

When a nuclear bomb landed in the Gregg yard in South Carolina in 1958, it left a big crater, killed…

(Benjamin Black is a British doctor working as a volunteer with medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) fighting…

Youssef Ibrahim, an artist of Siwa, is trying to raise awareness against risks of the virus through his Facebook page. Despite…