A Saudi woman has lost a judicial battle to marry the man of her choice as a court deemed him "religiously" unfit because he plays a musical instrument, a Saudi newspaper reports.
Thailand: bay made famous by The Beach closed indefinitely - One of the world’s most popular beaches, made famous by the 2000 film starring Leonardo DiCaprio, is to be closed indefinitely to allow it to recover from the damage caused by millions of tourists..
Astronomers spot a strange microquasar in the Milky Way made of a black hole or neutron star sucking matter off its companion. The microquasar is not only surrounded by a hot, swirling disk of material, it also shoots out jets of matter at 26% the speed of light, which in turn emit gamma rays..
First suicide attempts are more lethal than previously realized, reports a new study of children and adolescents. 71% of youth dying by suicide did so on their first attempt, also known as the "index" attempt, and firearms are implicated in 85% of youth dying on first-attempt..
