The seed bank, located between mainland Norway and the North Pole, can store over 4 million samples from around the world to protect Earth’s crop diversity.
Ronald Fiddler, who later took the name Jamal Udeen al-Harith after converting to Islam in the 1990s, was freed from Guantanamo Bay in 2004 with help from then-British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
With a series of conflicts being waged across the globe, world peace remains as far out of reach as ever.
The Microsoft founder tweeted a chart showing a more than 50 percent reduction in childhood deaths since 1990.
Pakistani officials claimed the death of 39 suspected militants in countrywide raids after a suicide blast at a Sufi shrine killed nearly 100 people.
Elon Musk is preparing to Colonize Mars, Gates is hoping for an energy breakthrough, Hawking has set the doomsday clock at 1,000 years and Chomsky warns of a climate change-induced migrant crisis and nuclear holocaust.
Pakistan is not the only country that takes issue with the romantic holiday.
The migration is the largest mass forced return of refugees in recent years, Human Rights Watch said.
A local journalist tweeted that there were reports the explosions happened because of two suicide bombers.
Sen. Chuck Grassley says the American people have the right to know what's in the deal since they will be footing the bill.
Abu Hani al-Masri was killed by an unmanned drone Saturday along with 10 other al Qaeda operatives.
The country seems to be trying to improve its international image by working against terrorism and its instigators.
The diplomat, Mohammad Zaki Abdu, who served as the consulate’s third secretary, died after being shot several times from his security guard’s automatic weapon.
More than hundreds of people in Afghanistan and Pakistan have been killed after heavy snow and avalanches hit over the weekend.
A nuclear war "would either annihilate Earth-originating intelligent life or permanently and drastically curtail its potential," a new report has found.
The deal is related to the transfer of around 1,250 refugees from Australia’s offshore detention islands, including many from Asia and Middle East.
Rumors have spread in recent days within some Caribbean communities in the U.S. that Trump's orders could eventually include non-immigrants, permanent residents or U.S. citizens of Caribbean descent.
The 1.6 billion Muslims in the world today are much more widespread than you might expect.
India’s defense budget will receive a boost to update its aging military hardware.
Mayor Carlos Gimenez said the city would comply with President Trump's executive order to avoid the loss of federal funds.
Even as President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday to build the wall along the Mexican border, Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto repeated his country won't pay for it.
The declassified documents, seized by the Navy Seals team responsible for killing Osama in 2011, include letters to family, expense account entries, and Bin Laden's observations on world events.