Avaneesh Pandey

Under Israel's administrative detention policy, detainees can be held -- based on secret evidence -- without charge or trial for six months.

Late on Thursday, a proton beam in the LHC was gradually accelerated to 6.5 TeV from its “injection energy” of 450 GeV.

While several dolphins have already died, rescue workers are scrambling to save the rest, most of whom are severely injured.

During the Permian-Triassic extinction event, also known as the 'Great Dying,' nearly 90 percent of all marine species disappeared.

A new Unesco report finds that only 52 percent of countries achieved universal primary school enrolment target.

A new study attempts to answer a long-standing question -- why are Earth and lunar rocks “almost identical” in their chemical composition?

The demand is likely to disrupt the ongoing efforts to finalize a deal by June 30.

Hackers claiming to be members of the now infamous "CyberCaliphate" targeted the website and Facebook page of the network on Wednesday.

It is not yet clear why the Yazidis -- an Iraqi minority group that has faced intense persecution at the hands of ISIS -- were released.

According to a panel of high-ranking NASA scientists, "definitive evidence" of alien life could be found in the next 20 to 30 years.

The stabbing attack is the second one in the West Bank in less than a week.

The fourth edition of the annual event is set to witness the involvement of participants from over 160 nations.

The Justice Department has already asked the 5th U.S. Circuit Court in New Orleans to lift the injunction granted at the urging of 26 states.

A new study warns of massive deglaciation in the region by the end of the century if current trends of greenhouse gas emissions continue.

The latest crackdown in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh is part of one of the biggest operations in the country to curb smuggling in remote forests.

The Iranian border guards were allegedly killed in an attack by Pakistan-based militants in the restive Sistan-Baluchistan province.

Syrian Islamist militants released nearly 300 Kurds on Monday after holding them hostage for several hours.

Announcing the creation of India's first air quality index, Prime Minister Narendra Modi reiterated India's "sensitivity" toward climate change.

The South Asian nation is hit by severe tropical storms during early summer every year.

In a descriptive hagiography, Taliban claimed that Mullah Omar, who has not been seen in public since 2001, is still actively leading the group.

The Greek government agreed to repay its debt by April 9 after a meeting with IMF chief Christine Lagarde.

Much like the Marvel superhero, blind rats were given the ability to "see" using a brain implant that enabled them to detect geomagnetic signals.

The rally, scheduled for Saturday evening, would be the first event held by the German right-wing group in London.

The Somalia-based group says in a statement that Kenyan citizens would "bear the full brunt" of their government's actions.

Muslims are expected to constitute more than 50 percent of the population in 51 countries by 2050, according to Pew poll results.

According to a new study, polar bears driven off their natural frozen habitat may not be able to survive on a terrestrial diet.

Masked militants of the Somalia-based al Shabab group stormed the Garissa University campus on Thursday. The whereabouts of 535 of the schools’s 815 students are still not known.

A new study has found that while it takes merely decades to damage marine ecosystems, their recovery might take thousands of years.

International donors pledged far less than the $8.4 billion sought by the United Nations in December.