Three prominent US scientists have been pushed to resign over the past 10 days after damning revelations about their methods, a sign of greater vigilance and decreasing tolerance for misconduct within the research community. The most spectacular fall concerned Jose Baselga, chief...

Girls are the primary victims of humanitarian crises, suffering abuse from forced marriage to denial of schooling and are "14 times more likely to die than boys in a conflict," the Plan International NGO said Sunday. The group will Monday unveil at the United Nations conclusions from...

Pope Francis said Sunday that society should be vigilant for "any whiff" of resurgent anti-Semitism, calling for new generations to be taught the horrors of the Holocaust. He made his appeal in Kaunas, Lithuania's second city, on the 75th anniversary of the wartime liquidation of the...

Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guard vowed Sunday to exact “deadly and unforgettable” vengeance for an attack on a military parade that killed 25 people, including 12 of its comrades, as Tehran accused Gulf Arab states of backing the gunmen. Saturday’s assault, one of the worst ever against...