Paleontologists have made the surprising evolutionary discovery that ancient Australian fish may have had abdominal muscles, previously thought to have only developed in land animals. Researchers mapping the oldest fossilized vertebrate muscles ever seen — in gogo fish 380 million years old — worked ...

The chief of the Australian Army on Friday told troops to quit if they cannot respect women, warning he will ruthlessly rid the military of misogynist men after a new sex scandal exploded. Lt. Gen. David Morrison said no stone will be left unturned ...

A Muslim man whose attack on a Buddhist woman set off sectarian rioting in Myanmar’s northeast has been sentenced to 26 years in prison, a local politician said. The court sentenced 48-year-old Ne Win on Tuesday after he was convicted of attempted murder, causing ...

A New Zealand fund manager appeared in court Thursday charged with masterminding the country’s largest Ponzi scheme, which allegedly defrauded more than 1,200 investors of 400 million New Zealand dollars ($320 million). The Serious Fraud Office said that David Ross, 63, had been charged ...

Three Chinese astronauts are getting ready to enter their home for the next week after their capsule docked with an orbiting state station Thursday. Xinhua news agency reported that automated controls guided the Shenzhou-10 space capsule to a successful docking with the Tiangong-1 space ...

China’s high-flying aviation ambitions suffered a setback Tuesday as Myanmar grounded several planes made by the Asian powerhouse and Indonesia ordered special checks on its fleet following a series of safety scares. An MA60 turboprop airliner with 52 people on board crash-landed at an ...

Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Tuesday defended her government’s decision to leave the bodies of drowned asylum seekers in the ocean, as a search began for yet another vessel in the Indian Ocean. The Australian Maritime Safety Authority said two aircraft had been dispatched ...