Despite the danger, Baghdad residents flocked to shops and markets on October 11 to prepare for the festival marking the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.

Athens's cutting edge new Acropolis Museum will begin receiving 4,000 ancient works, many of them arriving by crane from the old museum, on October 14.

A child rape scene in the upcoming movie has one of its young stars fearing for his safety and underscores a cultural divide in Afghanistan.

Moon shuttles, rocket racers, and Mars bases are just some of the space highlights historians will commemorate 50 years from now, experts say.

Typhoon lashes Vietnam, Russia remembers Sputnik, volcano blows in Yemen, and more.

Tree houses are becoming an increasingly popular choice for United Kingdom adults interested in romantic and eco-friendly countryside getaways.

Along the Chinese and Kazakh border, many sheepherders are abandoning their traditional nomadic lifestyle in response to desertification and economic pressures.

Dozens gathered this week in Beijing to continue an ancient Chinese tradition of cricket breeding and fighting.

As the leaders of the two Koreas meet for a historic summit today, South Korean school kids are being taught to accept and understand their northern neighbors.

Oktoberfest starts flowing, protesters march in Myanmar, Mars rover reaches a crater landmark, and more.

One group of Croatian grandmothers may have found the secret to staying young: sailing. Meet the seafaring seniors as they navigate their skiff off the Dalmatian coast.

Early Polynesians traveled thousands of miles - from Hawaii to Tahiti - for trade and exploration, suggests a new study of woodworking tools.

New Zealand's Mount Ruapehu erupted without warning on Tuesday, covering a ski slope on the mountain's side with mud and injuring a resort worker.

Baboons casually open car doors and climb in, rob homes, and otherwise terrorize residents of South Africa's Cape Peninsula.

Reproduced from an eighth-century Koran, a solid-gold book worth an estimated six million U.S. dollars was loaned from Russia to Iran in September 2007.