The Duchess of Cambridge has retreated to the comfort of her parents home while she continues to struggle with acute morning sickness, according to reports. Kate, who is around ten weeks pregnant...

A New York state appeals court will decide in coming weeks whether chimpanzees are entitled to "legal personhood" in a case that could lead to expanded rights for animals such as gorillas,...

American Marines scrambled to add Ebola treatment beds in Liberia on Friday, while the U.S. and Britain readied new disease screenings for passengers arriving at their airports from West Africa....

The Duchess of Cambridge plans to resume royal duties later this month after being sidelined by a prolonged bout of severe morning sickness. Palace officials said Friday that Prince...

Queen Elizabeth II has honoured campaigning actress Angelina Jolie in a Buckingham Palace ceremony. The actress flew to London from Malta, where she is filming her next production. The queen made...

Gay rights groups are cautiously cheering a shift in tone from the Catholic Church toward homosexuals, encouraged that Pope Francis' famous "Who am I to judge?" position has filtered down to...

Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan and Kailash Satyarthi of India won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for risking their lives to fight for children's rights. The decision made Malala, a...

North and South Korea traded fire Friday after the North shot at a South Korean propaganda balloon, an official and a news report said. A defense official in Seoul said North Korea fired at South...

An amateur hypnotist in the state of Washington is accused of having sex with a woman while she was hypnotised. Kevin Christian Geyer pleaded not guilty in Benton County Superior Court to a...

NOBEL-LITERATURE STOCKHOLM - Patrick Modiano of France, whose work focuses on the Nazi occupation and its effect on his country, has won the Nobel Prize in literature. The Swedish Academy gave...