Society

Turkey blocked access to Twitter and YouTube on Monday over the publication of photographs of an Istanbul prosecutor held at gunpoint…

While the Los Angeles Lakers have Jack Nicholson and the Hollywood crowd sitting courtside for their games, the Washington Nationals…

The number of mosques in France should be doubled over the next two years in order to provide an adequate…

Scientists at Europe's particle physics research centre CERN on Sunday restarted their "Big Bang" Large Hadron Collider (LHC), embarking on…

Copts in Egypt will celebrate Palm Sunday amid strict security measures taken around churches in Cairo and other provinces. Copts’ Leader…

A California court said Friday that yoga classes taught at an elementary school do not violate students' right to religious…

A California man who posted thousands of sexually explicit photos of men and women on a "revenge porn" website was…

The world’s oldest person, 116-year-old Gertrude Weaver of Arkansas, believes the key to longevity is treating other people kindly.Weaver, born…

The sound of children playing can no longer be considered noise pollution in Tokyo, as Japanese authorities try to remove…

Google is releasing its cheapest Chromebook laptops yet, two versions priced at US$149 aimed at undercutting Microsoft's Windows franchise and…