Orangutan

The oldest fossil forest in Asia which existed between 359m and 419m years ago, has been discovered by scientists.  Dating back to the Devonian period, a geological era known as the age of fishes, it was found in the walls of clay quarries in China, near the…

A British man drowned in an Austrian lake after suffering from cramp in his foot, police said. The 33-year-old was in the water at the Schwarzindien beach area in Mondsee on Wednesday when he complained of the pain and went below the surface. State police o…

The decision by the Indian government to revoke Indian-administered Kashmir's autonomy and put it under its direct control is deeply concerning. The Himalayan region of Kashmir is claimed in its entirety by both India and Pakistan, but each country controls …

I grew up Mormon in the US, and as a teenager I saw my male peers become part of Boy Scouts troops. I was jealous that they could play basketball, go on fishing trips and learn skills I thought would serve them better than the lessons on chastity, marriage an…

Whos a pretty boy, then? The worlds largest ever species of parrot has been discovered by palaeontologists in New Zealand and it is fair to say the monster would not have been sitting on anyones shoulders. Heracles inexpectatus so named because of its sheer…

The body of a student who fell from a light aircraft in Madagascar has reportedly been found. Alana Cutland, 19, is believed to have jumped to her death from the tiny two-door plane as it flew over a jungle on the Indian Ocean island on 25 July. Local polic…

A Brazilian gang leader who was caught trying to escape prison disguised as his teenage daughter has been found dead in his cell. Clauvino da Silva, 42, made headlines around the world after attempting to walk out of jail wearing a silicone face mask, long b…

In an apparent resolution of its Kashmir conundrum, Indias government has annulled Article 370 of its constitution, which offered a special status to the state since its accession to the country in 1947. The annulment delivers on a promise made by the ruling …

The way the Indian government has approached its revocation of the special status of Muslim-majority Kashmir shows it has given up on the concept that an administrations legitimacy is derived from the consent of the governed. The cloak-and-dagger build-up to…

Americans own nearly half of the worlds guns, with approximately 120 firearms for every 100 US residents. Gun control policies may someday restrict new gun sales. But what impact can they have when Americans already own millions of guns? Some have pointed t…