Bangkok, Thailand - With Thailand's long-delayed elections just over a month away, a court ruling is expected to deal a major blow to parties loyal to ousted ex-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and tip the scales

The world's largest bee, which had not been documented by scientists since 1981, has been rediscovered by a team of conservationists and international researchers in a remote part of Indonesia. The team found the first specimens

A Japanese spacecraft has successfully touched down on an asteroid some 280 million kilometres from the Earth, on a mission to collect material that could provide clues about the origin of life and the solar

The United States will leave around 200 troops in Syria for a period of time, the White House has announced, as President Donald Trump pulled back from a complete withdrawal of forces. In a

(CNN)A Japanese space probe has fired a "bullet" into an asteroid as part of a mission to collect rock samples from the celestial body.The projectile will disturb material from the exterior of asteroid Ryugu

(CNN)Nicolas Maduro will close Venezuela's border with Brazil, as tensions over foreign aid deliveries rise. The embattled President also is considering closing the border with Colombia -- a move that would seal off most

(CNN)Donald Trump will visit Japan twice in the coming months, a US official told CNN.The US president will pay a formal visit to the close ally in late May, likely to Tokyo, after the

New York (CNN Business)Nike is playing damage control after Duke basketball phenom Zion Williamson tore his sneaker in a game Wednesday evening.Nike's (NKE) stock was down more than 1% on Thursday. Nike builds its

(CNN)The orchestrated killing of hippos in Zambia will begin in May, state officials said, over objections from a key animal rights group.The hippo cull is slated for the Luangwa River valley in Zambia's Eastern

PARIS: A top French Daesh jihadist who became notorious after voicing an audio recording claiming responsibility for the November 2015 attacks in Paris has been killed in an overnight airstrike, security sources told AFP.Fabien Clain,