The Egyptian authorities have banned a 92-year-old man from marrying a 17-year-old girl, the Egyptian al-Akhbar newspaper has reported.

How to ask a woman out on a date is one of the most asked questions in the world. Virtually every man has at one time or another sought advice on how to ask a woman out on a date from his friends, family, or colleagues.

A flying saucer is in the works, but it didn’t come from space. It came from Florida.

Did you know that one person in 20 has had a fight with a next-door neighbour? That one driver in four admits to committing an act of road rage? That cases of “air rage” rose by 400 per cent between 1997 and 2000? That stress has overtaken the...

A clearer comparison: A typical Wi-Fi router puts out a signal at around 3 watts. A typical FM radio station will output 10,000 to 20,000 watts.

Just when we feel comfortable enough to say “wow, cell phones have really changed the way we operate,” things get even weirder. Here are 10 facts about cells from around the world that show the scale and style of our contemporary global use;...

The results of a recently published study of workers\’ instant messaging (IM) use shows that IM can actually improve workplace productivity. This contradicts a widely held belief that IM in the workplace is a hindrance to productivity.

A six-year-old girl was decapitated by Israeli tank fire in Gaza, Palestinians said today.Doctors said the girl’s head had been severed by a tank shell. Another two people were being treated for injuries sustained in the shelling, Dr Moaiya Hassanain,...

Diplomatc relations between the US and Romania have hit rock bottom after it emerged that an apparent UFO mid-air collision with a MIG 21 fighter jet was nothing more than half a tonne of well-aimed blue ice from George W Bush\’s Airforce One...

The Democratic hopeful Barack Obama took his campaign to the Republican bastion of North Carolina yesterday, while his opponent, John McCain, launched the first attack ad of the presidential election.