A strong earthquake struck rural central Taiwan today, rattling residents, swaying buildings, sending school children scurrying for cover and injuring at least 20 people. The quake was felt thoughout the island, and damage reports are still coming...

A Chinese bus driver has been hailed a hero after managing to safely stop his vehicle despite being struck by a huge lamppost that suddenly smashed through his windshield.  Mao Zhihao seems to be chatting to someone before spotting the plungi...

The US Supreme Court hears arguments today on California's voter-passed ban on same-sex marriage. Kris Perry and Sandy Stier, and Paul Katami and Jeff Zarrillo, who filed a federal lawsuit to overturn the ban, spoke today of the hope and faith the...

A great white shark smashed his head into a diving cage off South Africa as panicked onlookers screamed. One of the divers, a newlywed on his honeymoon, moved fast to avoid the massive jaws rushing toward him before the big fish got frustrated and...

Paris riot police used tear gas and battled protesters as hundreds of thousands surged onto the Champs-Elysees avenue in a massive demonstration against a proposed law allowing same-sex couples to marry and adopt children. The law could pass as ea...

Huge numbers of dead shrimp and crabs have washed ashore on a beach in southern Chile, puzzling authorities. Local fishermen blame the die-off on thermoelectric plants that released heated water into the ocean.

The Syrian ambassador to the UN Bashar Ja'afari has asked the United Nations to establish a "technical mission" to look into allegations that chemical weapons were used by the Syrian opposition in an attack near Aleppo this week. In his statement,...

Talk to the hand. Ukrainian politicians spoke with their fists when they got way too worked up over a speech in parliament. The fight erupted when a pro-Russian speaker called his opponents "chanting neo-fascists" when they shouted for him to spea...

Why did the sea lion cross the road? To have his picture taken by dozens of stunned Brazilians in the southern beach resort of Balneario Camboriu. The creature hauled himself out of the sea to cross, at the crosswalk, snarling traffic for 20 minut...

Malala Yousafzai starts school in Birmingham, five months after she was shot in the head by Taliban gunmen in Pakistan.