Indonesian divers have retrieved the flight data recorder of crashed AirAsia Flight QZ8501, say officials.

World leaders are gathering in Paris ahead of a march in the French capital to show unity after three days of terror that left 17 people dead.

A man from northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has succeeded in spending 72 hours on a 70-meter-long steel wire without any protection in Changsha, capital of central China’s Hunan Province.

Astronomers have proved that they can accurately tell the age of a star from how fast it is spinning.

The health of the world’s oceans is deteriorating even faster than had previously been thought, a report says.

It could mean the end for lightbulbs - and turn any object in your home into a light.

A crush at New Year's Eve celebrations in Shanghai has killed 36 people and injured some 47 others, Chinese officials say.

At least 20 people have been killed in Afghanistan when a wedding party was hit by a stray rocket, officials say.