The happiest countries and happiest U.S. states tend to have unusually high rates of suicide, a new research suggests.
The Supreme Court of India has urged states to ruthlessly stamp out the practice of honor killings and also warned that government and police officials who failed to prosecute the perpetrators of such crimes would themselves be prosecuted.
An Italian peace activist was murdered in Gaza as a result of a feud between Hamas and another militant group, the ultra-radical Salafi.
In a report released Sunday, China's State Council Information Office hits out at the US government for practicing double standards on human rights and interfering with other countries' internal affairs while ignoring its own deep-rooted human rights issues.
Theoretical astrophysicist Martin J Rees has received the 2011 Templeton Prize for inspiring questions that reshape crucial philosophical and theological considerations that strike at the core of life.
Malcolm X, who ranted against the White men most of his life, had apparently had no qualms in sharing carnal pleasure with one of them, it has emerged. Malcolm was bisexual and had an affair with a white male, according to a biography of the legendary black radical activist of the 1960s.
Conservative Muslims in the UK are outraged by a young Pakistani woman’s bid to become the Muslim to represent Britain in the Miss Universe contest.
From lecturing handpicked group of young western women on Islam to his fear of flying over waters, and from virgin bodyguards to maniacal imperial delusions, Muammar Gaddafi’s traits are as strange and funny, or even more so, as his weird dress sense. The following are some of his idiosyncrasies, peculiar hatreds, strange loves and manifestations of borderline psychosis:
A new study claims that religion may be on the way out in some parts of Europe, largely because it isn't as useful to adherents as it once was.
The Judeo-Christian God may have been married, according to a British theologian, who says the Almighty, also known as 'Yahweh', had a wife - a goddess named 'Asherah'.
Even as the 'anti-gay' app was removed from the Apple App store, Senators have raised concern over a Police/DUI-evasive app. From Joint-Maker to Baby-Shaker, here is a list of Top 10 most controversial Apple Apps:
Rabbi David Horowitz of PFLAG National (Parents, Family and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) has written an open letter to Steve Jobs urging Apple to remove an app from Exodus International, which says the app is a refuge for people looking for help in their journey out of homosexuality and will help cure people of their homosexuality.
Yale researchers have discovered prejudice is a trait humans have retained from their evolutionary predecessors.
As Congressman Peter King conducts hearings on Islamic radicalization in the U.S., the nation’s growing Muslim community is coming under the microscope.
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The top after-market NASDAQ stock market gainers are: OmniVision Technologies, United Online, BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, True Religion Apparel, and Questcor Pharmaceuticals. The top after-market NASDAQ stock market losers are: NutriSystem, MedAssets, Novatel Wireless, ViroPharma, and Metabolix.
Emboldened by the pending repeal of the Don't Ask Don't Tell law, President Barack Obama, and his top legal official, have concluded that in two pending cases, the Administration will not defend a federal law that defines marriage as being the union between one man and one woman.
Rapper Bun B has threatened legal action against the designers of a line of T-shirts bearing his likeness and that of his late UKG bandmate, Pimp C
Visitors to the Science Museum of Minnesota in St. Paul can now get to see the treasures of King Tut as the exhibit, Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs is now open, and continues to attract tourists through September 5.
Dr. Paul Beran, the Outreach Director at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University is a researcher, writer and teacher on civil society in the Middle East. International Business Times spoke with Beran to discuss the current unrest in the region.
Attacks by a renegade militia in south Sudan's oil state of Jonglei have killed at least 211 people, a southern minister said Tuesday, doubling earlier estimates of the death count.
We believe that the worst is now over for emerging market equities. Moreover, we believe that the resignation of Hosni Mubarak as Egypt’s President will not only
ease tensions in the region but will also restore confidence towards investing in emerging markets again
