JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Sudanese telecoms magnate Mo Ibrahim failed to award a $5 million African political leadership prize on Tuesday, the second year running the gong designed to foster regional democracy has gone begging due to a lack of ...

Feature and smartphones: (l-r) New phone models – "Nokia 6", "Nokia 5", "Nokia 3" and "Nokia 3310" – displayed on a screen during a press conference on Feb 26, 2017 in Barcelona on the eve of Mobile World Congress. — AFP. BARCELONA, Spain: ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - A spokesman for German police said there were no signs that an incident in which a man drove into a crowd in the southwestern German town of Heidelberg on Saturday, injuring three people, was a terrorist attack. "There are no ...

SEGAMAT: From this year, the national-level World Environmental Health Day celebration will be held on Sept 26 in a move to curb diseases caused by pollution. Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr S. Subramaniam said the ministry had recognised the event and ...

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States is focusing its efforts on defeating Islamic State militants wreaking havoc in Iraq and Syria but has not changed its position that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad must go, the U.S. envoy to the United Nations ...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis, who has expressed alarm over the rise of Islamic State militants and the plight of Christians in the Middle East, has summoned his envoys in the region to a rare meeting to discuss a response to the crisis, the Vatican ...

BELGRADE (Reuters) - Gay rights activists in Serbia held their first Pride march in four years on Sunday, walking through Belgrade streets emptied of traffic and pedestrians by a massive security operation. Thousands of riot police with armoured vehicles, ...

BELGRADE (Reuters) - Gay rights activists in Serbia held their first Pride march in four years on Sunday, walking through Belgrade streets emptied of traffic and pedestrians by a massive security operation. Thousands of riot police with armoured vehicles, ...

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea sentenced U.S. citizen Matthew Todd Miller to six years hard labour for committing "hostile acts" as a tourist to the country, a statement carried by state media said on Sunday, as the United States requested his immediate ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia is committed to help enforce a peace initiative in Ukraine despite a new set of economic sanctions imposed by the European Union against Moscow, Interfax news agency said on Thursday, citing a Kremlin spokesman. "Despite ...

PETALING JAYA: The Government owes it to the families of the 298 passengers and crew of Malaysia Airline Flight MH17 to establish the truth about the tragedy and is determined to bring to justice the person who “pressed the button” to bring down the plane.

PUTRAJAYA: The pilot of the downed MH17 was still communicating with Dnipropetrovsk air traffic control (ATC) centre when their conversation ended abruptly at 1.19pm (eastern Ukraine local time). Transport Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai (pic) said the ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin told his Ukrainian counterpart, Petro Poroshenko, that Moscow remained committed to "further assist" the Ukraine peace process, the Kremlin said in a statement on Tuesday. "V.V. Putin confirmed commitment of ...

Britain's Prince William says he and wife Kate are happy about the pregnancy, but not looking forward to another royal baby mania. The baby will be fourth-in-line to the British throne, after grandfather Prince Charles, father William and elder brother George, ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke with Ukrainian leader Petro Poroshenko by telephone about a peaceful resolution to the crisis in eastern Ukraine, where government troops are fighting pro-Russian rebels, the Kremlin said on ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Wednesday President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian leader Petro Poroshenko had agreed on steps towards peace in eastern Ukraine but a ceasefire had not been agreed between Moscow and Kiev because Russia ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany will deliver protective equipment and medical aid to Ukraine's army, a government spokeswoman said on Wednesday, one day before a NATO summit in Wales where leaders will discuss how to respond to the conflict with Russia ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany will deliver protective equipment and medical aid to Ukraine's army, a government spokeswoman said on Wednesday, one day before a NATO summit in Wales where leaders will discuss how to respond to the conflict with Russia ...

MILAN (Reuters) - The six global powers will discuss ways to reach a comprehensive nuclear deal with Iran on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York in September, the European Union's foreign policy chief said on Saturday.

LONDON (Reuters) - A British national living in Sierra Leone has tested positive for Ebola, the first Briton to fall victim to the deadly disease, the Department of Health said on Saturday. Some 1,427 people have died among 2,615 cases documented in the ...