North Korean leader Kim Jong Un takes to the skies, building a series of small runways long enough to land light, private aircraft next to some of his palaces.

In just one year, Madeline Stuart, an 18-year-old with Down syndrome, has become the face of two fashion campaigns.

Playing Tetris for just three minutes can reduce cravings for drugs, food, cigarettes, alcohol and sex, scientists find.

A rare white humpback whale is spotted off the coast of Queensland, and whale watchers are hoping it is Australia's famous whale Migaloo.

Siri - Apple's voice-activated assistant - saves the life of Tennessee teenager after he was pinned underneath his truck and unable to reach his phone.

A cafe in the Philippines is giving disabled people in the area a chance to succeed in life and break down stigma in the process.

Motorcycles are swarming Dhaka streets where they whiz past other vehicles, ride on sidewalks and carry out the law defying act of driving on the opposite side of the road.

The video shows a shark, known as Deep Blue, approaching and investigating wide-eyed divers watching from steel cages at Mexico’s Guadalupe Island.

An enterprising bear feeds her cubs the best meal of their lives thanks to a van full of lunches and a literal open window of opportunity.

US entertainment giant Disney is forced to apologise after one of its Japanese language tweets has been criticised for being insensitive as the country commemorated the 70th anniversary of the Nagasaki atomic bombing.

A group of farmers bring two of their cows to their local Asda supermarket in Stafford in the West Midlands yesterday protesting the price paid for their milk.

While Lexus teases us with hard to obtain hoverboards, a more practical kind of futuristic skateboard has been unveiled by an inventor in Japan: the WalkCar.

Authorities in Chechnya have opened the first women-only beach in the mostly Muslim region, outside the provincial capital Grozny.

Police in one Chinese city comes up with a novel way of tackling jaywalkers - making them wear green hats while helping to direct traffic.

Nicole Barr, a 12-year-old from Essex in England scores a 162 on her Mensa IQ test — that's two points higher than what Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking scored, reports the Mashable.

Australian stunt biker Robbie Maddison has found a new way to surf on his motorbike.

From smartphones to designer handbags to cars even, counterfeiting has long been a part of Chinese industry, where trademarks can be a slippery concept.

A group of artists known as the Germ Collective spent 14 months turning the hillside neighborhood of Las Palmitas into a giant, colorful mural in an effort to bring the working-class "barrio" together and change its gritty image

In Pakistan, some local people (desi men) believe in meeting their needs with innovation – innovation that is economical, easy, quick and accessible to their immediate surroundings.

Alike Bajrangi Bhaijaan, Pakistani activists launches fresh campaign to unite a hearing and speech impaired Indian woman who has been stranded in the neighbouring country for at least 15 years.