A Myanmar government commission has said the Rohingya ethnic group is not facing genocide in the country's remote Rakhine State, rejecting any evidence to the contrary as "propaganda". The Rohingya are a minority of about 1 million people who, despite having lived in Myanmar for generations, are treated as illegal immigrants and denied citizenship. The U.N. has described them as among the most persecuted minority groups worldwide.

A flaming Viking longship is 'sacrificed' from a remote Scottish island in the grand finale of one of the most dramatic fire festivals in the world.

Nostalgic for their Bedouin roots, Kuwaitis like Ahmad al-Shimmari are following in the footsteps of their desert-dwelling ancestors living in tents under the stars -- but with a touch of modern luxury.

The robots of the future will be coming soon, rolling along at a lumbering pace with those goods you just ordered. The six-wheeled, knee-high robots from startup Starship Technologies are part of a new wave of automated systems taking aim at the "last mile" delivery of goods to consumers.

An armed attack on a Quebec City mosque in Canada that killed 6 worshippers shocked this tightly-knit community as it mourns those who lost their lives and comes to terms with a new reality.

A cow with two faces can be seen lazily munching on dry grass.

A family tries to escape a sinking SUV after the vehicle fell off a pier into a lake in Hunan, China. The father calls out to those standing on the bank and throws his child into their arms.

Two tourists escape an erupting volcano in Vanuatu by abseiling on a helicopter.

A cunning seagul swoops to a windowsill in Istanbul, Turkey, and taps on the window with its beak to call the residents. The seagull has made a habit of visiting this particular home, as the residents feed it sausages and other food by hand.

A mother pug tugs at a string tied to a hammock to swing her puppies.

Nearly 2,000 people join hands in a salty lake in Argentina, setting a new Guinness world record for the most people floating while connected.

Two stray Bulgarian cats who lost their hind legs in accidents have been given bionic paws, in what vets say is the first such operation in Europe outside groundbreaking Britain.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan welcomed Dema Nasir, whose father Mamoon Khaled Nasir also lost his legs and several fingers in a barrel bomb attack, at the Presidential Palace in Turkey's capital, Ankara. Her sister Sidre and father Mamoon also joined the visit.

Turkish NGO Robotel is printing 3D prosthetic hands for children

Veiled Turkish women had for so long faced discrimination for choosing to cover their hair. Despite being a Muslim-majority country, the headscarf was banned in schools, universities and public institutions in Turkey. The ban was finally overturned by the AKP government in 2014.

A five-year-old boy of Iranian origin, yet a United States citizen, was briefly handcuffed at Dulles Airport in Washington following President Donald Trump's order restricting entry into the United States for people from seven Muslim-majority nations. The boy, who was identified by Senator Chris Van Hollen as a US citizen who lives in Maryland, was detained at Washington DC's Dulles airport on Saturday. In a briefing tonight, Donald Trump's Press Secretary Sean Spicer said: “To assume that just ...

"It's like you're a bird," says 16-year-old drone-racing champion Luke Bannister as he whizzes his quadcopter through the air with astonishing precision.

A monkey dressed in children's clothing playfully removes a baby's socks and sniffs them to check if they are dirty.

A couple who braved the slingshot ride gets more than they bargained for as the man passes out numerous times. His partner, however, doesn't even wince as she waves at the camera.

Ali Kaya, a young man from the Turkish city of Ağrı, dives off a roof into a sea of snow.