Saudi King Abdullah dies, new ruler is Salman -State TV

Saudi King Abdullah dies, new ruler is Salman -State TV

Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah has died, state television reported early on Friday and his brother Salman became king. Deborah Lutterbeck repo...

Mursi sentenced to 20 years in prison without parole

Mursi sentenced to 20 years in prison without parole

Former Egyptian president and Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Mursi is sentenced to 20 years in prison without parole, nearly three years ...

Thais pray for hospitalized king

Thais pray for hospitalized king

The health of Thailand's hospitalized 88-year-old King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world's longest reigning monarch, has "overall not ...

Fish farmer brings science of aquaculture to urban poor

Fish farmer brings science of aquaculture to urban poor

June 20 - An innovative fish farm project in South Africa is helping poor communities find new ways to make a living by growing fish for sal...

Media coverage  tainted  Spider-Man audience: Taymor

Media coverage tainted Spider-Man audience: Taymor

Julie Taymor, theatrical director of "The Lion King," and "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark," says focus groups are poor predictors of great pe...

Tasmanian botanists take new approach to save the 'oldest plant'

Tasmanian botanists take new approach to save the 'oldest plant'

Tasmanian botanists are taking a new approach to saving what is believed to be the world's oldest living plant. By grafting King's Holly ont...

Commodity currencies on the back foot

Commodity currencies on the back foot

The rouble wasn't the only one to suffer in 2014. Tumbling oil prices dragged down commodity currencies around the world - by over 20% in th...

Tourism vulnerable after Tunis attack?

Tourism vulnerable after Tunis attack?

Tunisia deploys its military in major cities after a militant attack this week saw 20 tourists shot dead - and, as Joel Flynn reports, begin...

Investigation into Bangkok bomb blast starts

Investigation into Bangkok bomb blast starts

Bangkok police begin investigations at the site of Monday night's bomb blast that killed more than 20 people. Yiming Woo reports.  

Rare flowers bloom in Chilean desert

Rare flowers bloom in Chilean desert

A rare bloom turns the arid Atacama desert in Chile into a magnificent carpet of mauve-colored flowers after the region's heaviest rain...

Deadly mass shooting in San Bernardino

Deadly mass shooting in San Bernardino

At least one person opened fire at or near a state social services agency in San Bernardino, California and authorities say as many as 20 pe...

Explosion rocks central Istanbul

Explosion rocks central Istanbul

Turkey's Interior Ministry says a suspected car bomb outside a football stadium in central Istanbul injured at least 20 people. Gavino ...

Trump meets with prospective advisers, lawmakers

Trump meets with prospective advisers, lawmakers

President-elect Donald Trump meets with a series of lawmakers and prospective members of his new administration as he prepares to take offic...