LONDON -- A wheelchair used by physicist Stephen Hawking has sold at auction for almost 300,000 pounds, or $393,000, while a copy of his doctoral thesis fetched almost 585,000 pounds ($767,000), auctioneer Christie's said Thursday. The motorized chair, used by…
SYDNEY — An attacker who fatally stabbed one person and injured two others in central Melbourne had also planned to set off an explosion, Australian police said. Hassain Khalif Shire Ali, 30, had his passport canceled in 2015 after it was…
ANKARA, Turkey -- The fiancee of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi has expressed "shock and sadness" over unconfirmed reports suggesting that his body may have been dissolved with chemicals. Hatice Cengiz said on Twitter late Thursday that Khashoggi's killers had…
A burnt out vehicle is surrounded by police tape on Bourke Street in central Melbourne, Australia, November 9, 2018. REUTERS Last Updated Nov 9, 2018 6:53 AM EST SYDNEY -- Police shot a knife-wielding man Friday after he fatally stabbed…
MEXICO CITY -- Thousands of Central American migrants decided to depart Mexico City early Friday and head toward the northern city of Tijuana, opting for the longer but likely safer route to the U.S. border, caravan organizers said. The decision…
Former Philippines First Lady and current Congresswoman Imelda Marcos waves to supporters in Manila in October 2015 Erik de Castro / REUTERS MANILA, Philippines -- A Philippine court found former first lady Imelda Marcos guilty of graft and ordered her…
Claire Busby, 46, of Berkshire, England, is seen outside the High Court in London, October 15 2018, where she is suing the Berkshire Bed Company, trading as Beds Are Uzzz, for seven-figure damages, after she was left paralysed after being…
37 Photos An Emergencies Ministry member walks at a site of a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 plane crash near the settlement of Grabovo in the Donetsk region, July 17, 2014. REUTERS THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- Families of those killed when…
MARACAY, Venezuela -- Rafael Toro, a student at Venezuela's top veterinary school, suspected something was amiss when a beloved horse called Miss Congeniality didn't greet him at the fence one recent morning along with others in the campus' small herd.…
Former Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa attends to a meeting on power and checks and balance at the national theater in Brussels, Belgium, Oct. 22, 2018. Getty QUITO, Ecuador -- Ecuador's top court ordered former President Rafael Correa on Wednesday to…
ISLAMABAD -- A Christian woman acquitted after eight years on death row in Pakistan for blasphemy was released but her whereabouts in Islamabad on Thursday remained a closely guarded secret in the wake of demands by radical Islamists that she…
A Philippines Airlines flight attendant breastfed a stranger's hungry baby mid-flight. Ted Aljibe / AFP/Getty Images Flight attendant Patrisha Organo was just doing her job on a Philippine Airlines flight Wednesday when she received another call of duty. Organo, a…
LONDON -- Britain's Prince Charles has pledged not to interfere in the affairs of state when he becomes king, seeking to dispel concerns about his past activism on issues ranging from global warming to architectural preservation. In an interview for…
SANAA, Yemen — Troops from a U.S.-backed, Saudi-led coalition pounded Houthi rebel positions in Yemen's port city of Hodeida with airstrikes and a ground assault on Wednesday. They now control a major road leading into the city, military officials and witnesses…
Saudi Arabia's King Salman and his son Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman open the king's domestic tour, Nov. 6, 2018, in Qassim, in a photo posted to Twitter by Saudi Arabia's state-run news organisation SPA SPA Saudi King Salman embarked…
More than 100 whales are being held in cramped and potentially illegal enclosures on Russia's Pacific east coast. Prosecutors are investigating the site near the city of Nakhodka, which has been dubbed a "whale jail" by local media. Eleven orca…
NEW DELHI -- The Democratic victory in the U.S. House of Representatives could echo from Moscow to Beijing to Riyadh, with empowered Democrats now able to launch new investigations into President Donald Trump's international business empire and his political dealings…
ZHUHAI, China -- A Chinese state-owned company says it is developing a stealth combat drone in the latest sign of the country's growing aerospace prowess. The CH-7 unmanned aerial vehicle also underscores China's growing competitiveness in the expanding global market…
An image taken from video posted online by Cameroonian separatists shows members of the Red Dragons group, one of several insurgent groups staging attacks in the name of establishing an independent, English-speaking state of "Ambazonia" in north and southwest Cameroon.…
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Kim Yong Chol, a North Korean senior ruling party official and former intelligence chief, return to discussions after a break at Park Hwa Guest House in Pyongyang, North Korea, July 7, 2018. POOL/REUTERS…
French President Emmanuel Macron looks on from the Point X monument to Les Entonnoirs, in Les Eparges, France, November 6, 2018, as part of the ceremonies marking the centenary of the First World War. REUTERS PARIS -- French security agents…
French President Emmanuel Macron looks on from the Point X monument to Les Entonnoirs, in Les Eparges, France, November 6, 2018, as part of the ceremonies marking the centenary of the First World War. REUTERS PARIS -- French security agents…
Microsoft founder Bill Gates points at a jar containing human feces during his speech at the Reinvented Toilet Expo showcasing sewerless sanitation technology in Beijing, China, Nov. 6, 2018. REUTERS BEIJING -- Placing a jar of feces on a pedestal…
Microsoft founder Bill Gates points at a jar containing human feces during his speech at the Reinvented Toilet Expo showcasing sewerless sanitation technology in Beijing, China, Nov. 6, 2018. REUTERS BEIJING -- Placing a jar of feces on a pedestal…