Society

US educators on Wednesday endorsed a Harvard University-developed proposal to reform college admissions by relying less on high-stakes tests, and…

Hesitant but curious, several Palestinian couples walked into a classroom in Gaza this week to attend the first marriage guidance…

Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge and wife of Britain's Prince William, is to act as guest editor of online news…

Facebook founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has dropped himself into the riotous social media debate over childhood vaccines after…

Men wearing traditional loin cloths and women clothed in white robes chant before entering an ice water bath during a…

On the crowded roads of the teeming eastern Pakistani city of Lahore, Tayyaba Tariq zips through the rowdy traffic on…

The widely-circulated percentage of sexual harassment of women in Egypt is “exaggerated”, said a member of Egypt’s National Council for Women…

In his cramped workshop in Damascus, Mohammad Abdallah delicately etches away at wooden panels inlaid with mother-of-pearl, a craft he…

On the busy assembly line at Gazelle, one of the top Dutch bike manufacturers, a quiet revolution is taking place:…

When everyone in a car buckles up, passengers in front may be safer than riders in the back, and seat…