Obesity is associated with number of health complications. Here is one more to the list - change in brain chemistry.
Vietnam on Wednesday accused Chinese authorities of beating its fisherman and has called for harsh punishment for the people involved in the incident.
The World Health Organization has asked the Ebola treatment centers in Monrovia and nearby areas to increase their capacity to 1000 beds.
U.S. National Security Adviser Susan Rice has asked China to stop its dangerous intercepts of U.S. surveillance planes.
The new United Nations special envoy to Syria, Staffan de Mistura began his first visit to the country on Tuesday.
The family of Steven Sotloff, the US journalist killed by Islamic State, believes that moderate rebels sold him to the militant group for $50,000, family spokesman Barak Barfi told CNN.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has asked health care providers of the country to look out for an increase in a respiratory illness among children.
Men who smoke cigarettes before becoming father put the health of their children in a fix. A new research shows that these fathers increase the risk of asthma in children.
The Iraqi parliament has named Haider al Abadi as the country's new prime minster on Monday.
Dutch investigators leading the probe in to the crash of the Malaysian Airlines flight over Ukraine in July have said that the plane was hit by "high-energy objects from outside the aircraft."
Prosecutors have charged an Indiana couple on Monday for holding a woman captive in a small cage for two months.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has accused Hamas of operating a shadow government in Gaza.
A six year old boy was attacked by a mountain lion in Northern California on Sunday.
President Obama on Sunday said that the U.S. will use its military resources to help countries in West Africa in containing Ebola.
A respiratory illness is sending hundreds of children to the hospitals in Colorado.
