Avaneesh Pandey

The European cable company will acquire a controlling stake in Suddenlink Communications, and is reportedly also looking to acquire Time Warner Cable.

A new policy banning Palestinians from travelling on the same buses as Israelis in the West Bank has been scrapped.

A new study has found that almost half of 978 power stations in the western United States are "vulnerable.”

Although details of the accord have not been revealed yet, many in Afghanistan have termed it a “shameful” deal.

A team of scientists has discovered a method to convert sugar to opiates like morphine and codeine using genetically engineered yeast.

On Tuesday, New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio is expected to announce urgently needed plans to fix the city’s public-housing problem.

The naval mission, once approved by the U.N., would allow the destruction of traffickers’ boats.

The federal government is also exploring ways to recall prohibited weapons that have already been acquired by police.

NASA has announced a $2.25 million prize for anyone who can successfully design and build 3-D printed habitats for extraterrestrial colonies.

In an open letter, several rights groups have urged European lawmakers to vote for tougher laws to curb the trade of conflict minerals.

Ramzan Kadyrov, one of Russia's most powerful figures, voiced his opinion on social media site Instagram.

The clashes broke out early Friday after the Israeli army blocked roads leading to Joseph’s Tomb.

The tribal region of North Waziristan is believed to be one of the last strongholds of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and its allies.

A new NASA study finds that the remains of the Larsen B Ice Shelf are likely to disintegrate completely before the end of the decade.

Bangladeshi and Rohingya migrants are increasingly finding themselves isolated after being abandoned in boats by human traffickers.

The Osaka-based company had earlier reported a larger-than-expected net loss of 222 billion yen ($1.9 billion) for the year ended March 2015.

The latest discovery attests to the remarkable predictive power of the Standard Model, which governs our understanding of the quantum world.

Mali is currently reeling under a violent civil war that has pitted separatist and Islamist rebels against pro-government forces and militias.

In two days, Malaysian authorities have turned away as many migrant boats carrying over 800 asylum seekers.

A NASA experiment suggests Europa's distinctive striated appearance may be a result of salt from an underground ocean seeping up to the surface.

Under the FDA's current policies, men practising gay sex since 1977 are prohibited from donating blood.

Pope Francis warned that God would judge those who fail to protect and preserve the environment.

Israeli Major General Sami Turgeman said that Hamas had shared interests with Israel insofar as the region's stability was concerned.

Americans are increasingly abandoning Christianity in favor of atheism, agnosticism and non-Christian faiths like Islam and Judaism, according to a new Pew study.

Researchers warn that a form of antibiotic-resistant typhoid is rapidly displacing other strains in parts of Asia and Africa.

The police chief of Garland, Texas, disputed claims that an FBI memo sent before the May 3 exhibit of Prophet Muhammad cartoons could have prevented the attack.

Mohamed Fahmy has accused his Qatar-based employer of negligence and of failing to protect its reporters.

Carl Sagan -- one of the greatest science popularizers of all time -- had been a faculty member at Cornell from 1968 until his death in 1996.

Julian Assange had appealed to the Swedish Supreme Court to revoke a 2010 detention order for alleged sexual offenses.