The surface of Mars is less inhabitable than previously thought, according to researchers at the University of Edinburgh.

At least six people are dead and 22 are missing as the floods on the island of Kyushu continue, with rescuers still working to get food and medical supplies to more than 1,000 people left stranded.

An Alaskan mother is cherishing mobile phone photos she snapped of her wide-eyed six-month-old baby in the arms of former president Barack Obama.

A federal appeals court has dismissed Hawaii's attempt to challenge the rules created by the Trump administration for its travel ban on citizens from six majority-Muslim countries.

Florida police say a newly surfaced video shows tennis star Venus Williams was acting lawfully when she drove her vehicle into an intersection before a fatal crash with another car on June 9.