Israel on Sunday joined the international effort to trace more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by Islamist militants in Nigeria but Washington said US troops would stay out of any rescue mission. A child shows a placard during a demonstration in Geneva on ...

The reclusive German son of a Nazi-era art dealer who hoarded hundreds of priceless paintings in his Munich flat for decades died Tuesday aged 81, a spokesman said. Picture taken on November 19, 2013 shows the door to the house of Cornelius Gurlitt, ...

Microsoft was scrambling to repair a security hole in its widely used Internet Explorer web browser, saying it had detected attempts to exploit the flaw. Microsoft is scrambling to repair a security hole in its Internet Explorer web browser, saying it has detected ...

All surviving crew members of a sunken South Korean ferry were in custody and under arrest Saturday, prosecutors said, as bad weather prevented the recovery of any of the more-than 100 bodies still missing. South Korean rescue team members carry the ...

The Everest climbing season will probably be called off this year following last week's avalanche that killed 16 sherpas, an organisation representing Nepalese expedition operators said Friday. This photograph taken on May 17, 2009, shows a general view of ...

The Everest climbing season will probably be called off this year following last week's avalanche that killed 16 sherpas, an organisation representing Nepalese expedition operators said Friday. This photograph taken on May 17, 2009, shows a general view of ...

The Everest climbing season will probably be called off this year following last week's avalanche that killed 16 sherpas, an organisation representing Nepalese expedition operators said Friday. This photograph taken on May 17, 2009, shows a general view of ...

The Everest climbing season will probably be called off this year following last week's avalanche that killed 16 sherpas, an organisation representing Nepalese expedition operators said Friday. This photograph taken on May 17, 2009, shows a general view of ...

The Everest climbing season will probably be called off this year following last week's avalanche that killed 16 sherpas, an organisation representing Nepalese expedition operators said Friday. This photograph taken on May 17, 2009, shows a general view of ...

The Everest climbing season will probably be called off this year following last week's avalanche that killed 16 sherpas, an organisation representing Nepalese expedition operators said Friday. This photograph taken on May 17, 2009, shows a general view of ...

The Everest climbing season will probably be called off this year following last week's avalanche that killed 16 sherpas, an organisation representing Nepalese expedition operators said Friday. This photograph taken on May 17, 2009, shows a general view of ...

Yesterday, eight-month-old Prince George visited the Sydney's Taronga Zoo – with his parents of course. He had a very good time. (Includes video). Please join us on our Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/bangkokpostlearning. Catherine, the Duchess ...

NEW YORK: Amazon.com is preparing to launch its long-rumoured smartphone in the second half of the year, the Wall Street Journal has reported. The online retailer has recently been demonstrating versions of the handset to developers in San Francisco ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin urged Wednesday a positive outcome to the first international peace talks on Ukraine but also upped the pressure by warning Kiev's interim leaders against making any irreversible mistakes. Russia's President Vladimir Putin ...

Israel has called off the planned release of 26 Palestinian prisoners, placing already embattled peace talks in further jeopardy after both sides took steps Washington called "unhelpful". Israeli Justice Minister Tzipi Livni is pictured in Washington on December ...

Liberia said on Thursday it was dealing with the first case of suspected Ebola to have originated within its own borders, unconnected to the epidemic raging in neighbouring Guinea. A medical aid worker is assisted with the disinfecting of his gloves at a centre ...

An Israeli minister on Wednesday warned of punitive action if the Palestinians pursued efforts to join UN agencies, as hopes of a breakthrough in the US-led peace process faded rapidly. Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas speaks during a meeting at his ...

Australia and New Zealand on Tuesday applauded a court decision that Japan must halt its annual Antarctic whale hunt, but raised fears it could sidestep the order and begin whaling again under a new "scientific" guise. A whale dragged on board a ...

The brains of children with autism contain a built-in patchwork of defects, suggesting that the developmental disorder begins while they are growing in the womb, said a US study. A boy with autism makes a bead necklace on March 2, 2012, in Isle d'Abeau, ...

South Africa beat New Zealand by two runs in a dramatic finish in their crucial Group One match in the World Twenty20 in Chittagong on Monday. South Africa batsman JP Duminy plays a shot during the World Twenty20 game against New Zealand in ...