Yet another billionaire entrepreneur is set to ride into space this week, strapped inside the capsule of a SpaceX rocketship as part of an astro-tourist team poised to make history as the first all-civilian crew launched into Earth orbit.
North Korea says it successfully test fired what it described as newly developed long-range cruise missiles over the weekend, its first known testing activity in months that underscored how it continues to expand its military capabilities amid a stalemate in nuclear negotiations with the U.S.
The head of Iran's civilian nuclear program says Tehran will allow United Nations inspectors to install new memory cards into surveillance cameras at its sensitive atomic sites and to continue filming there.
Visitors to Paris were surprised on Sunday when strolling on the Champs-Élysées as dozens of workers began enveloping in a shimmering wrapper a posthumous installation by artist Christo at the Arc de Triomphe monument.
Women in Afghanistan will be allowed to study in universities as the country seeks to rebuild after decades of war — but gender-segregation and a dress code will be mandatory, the Taliban's new higher education minister said on Sunday.
