Scientists claim to have finally solved the mystery why zebras evolved their distinctive black and white stripes - to keep blood-sucking flies at bay.
Greek coalition leaders failed to reach a deal on austerity cuts early Thursday but Prime Minister Lucas Papademos remained hopeful of an agreement before Eurozone finance ministers meet later in day.
Scientists claim to have discovered in a Spanish cave the world's oldest paintings -six artworks of seal which are at least 42,000 years old and are the only known images created by Neanderthals.
A 19-year-old Russian has been sentenced to jail for nine years for starting a terrorist cell while still underage.
Sixty years after she ascended to the throne in an austere Britain still facing post-war rationing, Queen Elizabeth marked the milestone on Monday with a new website that showed just how much the world has changed during her reign.
Catholic leaders from around the world gathered on Monday for an unprecedented Vatican summit to find ways to root out paedophilia in the clergy that came under heavy criticism from victims.
Public unease has given way to increasing fury in The United Kingdom over giving millions of pounds in aid to an increasingly prosperous India, as the David Cameron government continues to resist pressure to stop it despite being in the throes of an economic crisis.
Queen Elizabeth II braved the cold and snow to attend church today on the eve of her Diamond Jubilee anniversary.
A handful of residents in Lopez Island, Washington state, as well as Vancouver and Victoria, British Columbia, reported feeling the quake.
Anuj Bidve's alma mater, Lancaster University is setting up a scholarship in memory of the Indian student whose killing in an unprovoked attack in the UK evoked widespread sympathy and outrage.
Temperatures plunged to new lows in Europe where a week-long cold snap has now claimed more than 220 lives and forecasters warned that the big freeze would tighten its grip at the weekend.
A filmmaker living on the outskirts of Spain has become the unluckiest man in the village after he was the only one who didn’t buy a ticket in the Christmas draw.
The Iranian government has arrested relatives of Persian-language journalists working abroad for the BBC in a bid to silence them, the British broadcaster said today.
“We’ve been waiting for this day for 30 years,” President Nicolas Sarkozy told journalists before breaking the “excellent news” from New Delhi to his waiting ministers.
Finding it hard to shed those extra kilos? Just make sure that you don’t dine with your greedy friends anymore, scientists say.