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Some reports project that by 2050 there may be more plastic in the sea than fish. And flip flops are a big part of the problem.

The UN Security Council (UNSC) failed yet again on Wednesday to pass a resolution condemning last week's chemical weapons attack that killed dozens of people in Syria.

Malala Yousafzai has added yet another accolade to her growing list: honorary citizen of Canada.

Images of a Nigerian government official cutting hair extensions off two female employees have sparked strong reactions online.

Despite its name no longer appearing on watch dials, defunct Swiss manufacturer Lemania is experiencing a resurgence thanks to the inexorable growth in interest in military watches.

The Kremlin's comments that relations with the West are at their "worst since the Cold War" imply that once there was actually a thaw.

After a drama-filled campaign, is the French presidential election about to experience another big twist?

Say "doomsday bunker" and most people would imagine a concrete room filled with cots and canned goods.

Cleopatra wore them. Elizabeth Taylor loved them. Egyptians believed they could bring eternal life.

Of all 13,000 objects in the British Museum that are made of ivory, the Lewis Chessmen are perhaps the most revered.

An art boom is sweeping through the Middle East.

When it comes to China, has US President Donald Trump played a diplomatic master stroke?

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov began a meeting with his US counterpart Rex Tillerson in Moscow with a warning -- do not strike the Syrian regime again.

Taiwan has outlawed the consumption of dog and cat meat, as the island's legislature on Tuesday passed a landmark amendment to its animal protection laws, according to island's official Central News Agency (CNA).

German authorities suspect "terrorist involvement" in a bomb attack on the bus of the Borussia Dortmund soccer team and are investigating a possible radical Islamist link, a spokeswoman for the federal prosecutor's office said Wednesday.

A suicide attacker detonated explosives Wednesday near major political offices in the Afghan capital of Kabul, killing at least five civilians and injuring 10 others, a spokesman for Afghanistan's Interior Ministry told CNN.

United CEO Oscar Munoz says the airline won't allow law enforcement officers to haul seated paying passengers off its flights again.

There was a time when truck driver Kevin Kimmel knew little about the scourge of human trafficking. That all changed when he pulled into a gas station in New Kent County, Virginia, on the morning of January 6, 2015.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has suggested that unnamed forces inside Syria are plotting to carry out chemical attacks and frame the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for them.

The Daily Mail has apologized to Melania Trump and agreed to pay damages to settle a lawsuit filed by the first lady after the publisher made false claims about her work as a professional model.