Born 107 years ago to a Tamil family on October 19, Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1983.
Meet the men and women keeping a 24-hour vigil on the spot where Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov was killed.
Law requires individuals to uncover their faces when receiving public services, including riding public buses.
Election board says it cannot guarantee presidential rerun will be free and fair as political parties stage rallies.
Elderly people remember the dark shadow of Franco as Spain and Catalonia grapple with tensions over secession vote.
State governor declares state of emergency before rally against white supremacist event at University of Florida.
Fifty families living in poverty and squalor in Durban continue to face the wrath of authorities.
This multi-day deluge has led to overflowing rivers near to and west of Bundaberg.
Recently released US documents show US government was aware of mass killing of communists in 1965-66 after Suharto coup.
Majd Tahhan's only wish is to see his imprisoned father, fearing he may soon part with life as he battles Leukemia.
Since the fall of Mosul in July, ISIL has been losing territory in northern Iraq.
Muslim women particularly vulnerable of rising racist sentiment say activists and victims, as government releases study.
Qatar ready for dialogue over Gulf blockade because 'we are all brothers' and 'no one will win', emir says.
Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo says group's 'fingerprints' can be found on blast that killed more than 300 people.
The 48-hour offensive saw Kurdish forces entirely confined to their longstanding three-province autonomous region.
Hackers, an annulled election result and the main opposition leader pulling out. What is happening in Kenya?
But why are world leaders so reluctant to use the word 'genocide' for the persecution and killing of the Rohingya?
A former slave fights for the rights of girls sold into slavery while pursuing her own dream of becoming a lawyer.
Zambia's agricultural development initiatives are resulting in forced evictions and devastation for the rural poor.
Turkey and Europe locked in war of words ahead of weekend summit, Taliban kill 71, Kenya electoral official resigns.
Roselyn Akombe, a top commissioner from the country's electoral body, says next week's poll will not be 'credible'.
Bomb targets police vehicle killing at least six officers and wounding 22 others in the capital of Balochistan province.
