Jon M. Chu, the director behind the musical film "Wicked", felt pressure from both himself and the rest of the team at Universal Pictures to make a masterpiece. "For ourselves to fulfill the promise ...

A female pygmy hippopotamus delivered a healthy calf at the Metro Richmond Zoo earlier this month, officials said — the third baby hippo born at the zoo within the past five years. The mother Iris ...

A Palestinian man stabbed an 83-year-old woman to death in the Israeli city of Herzliya, Israeli media reported on Friday.

Mayotte has changed beyond recognition since a cyclone devastated the Indian Ocean territory, sparking an environment and ...

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Friday ordered parliament dissolved and set new elections for Feb. 23 in the wake ...

The first Russian-built ice-class liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier has entered sea trials, LSEG data showed on Friday, as ...

South Korea’s opposition-controlled National Assembly voted Friday to impeach acting President Han Duck-soo despite vehement protests by governing party lawmakers, further deepening the country’s ...

What if Saddam Hussein were alive and ruling the country today? Many will reply with fantastical answers, but Saddam’s era ...

China on Friday slapped sanctions on seven US companies and related senior executives after Washington's approval last week ...

West Ham goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski is “alert” and conscious after being taken off the field on a stretcher during the ...

The UN air crew member hurt in an airstrike on Yemen's main international airport on Thursday suffered serious injuries but ...

The Arab League has warned against “strife” in Syria, saying it was “following with concern the events taking place in ...