HELSINKI (REUTERS) - Nokia said on Monday it expects the sale of its handset business to Microsoft to be finalised on April 25, as it had received all the required regulatory approvals. The closure of the 5.4 billion euro (S$9.3 billion) deal, which was agreed ...

The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) on Monday accused opposition forces in Bentiu of carrying out targeted killings, including of children, and inciting "vengeful sexual violence" against women after they captured the town last week from ...

SAN FRANCISCO: Apple is offering free recycling of all its used products and vowing to power all of its stores, offices and data centers with renewable energy to reduce the pollution caused by its devices and online services. The iPhone and iPad maker is ...

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Rebels slaughtered hundreds of civilians when they seized the South Sudan oil hub of Bentiu, hunting down men, women and children who had sought refuge in a hospital, mosque and Catholic church, the United Nations said ...

SANAA/DUBAI (Reuters) - An intense two days of air strikes on al Qaeda in Yemen may have killed or wounded some of its commanders, but drones alone are unlikely to eradicate the threat the group poses to Yemenis and the West. A weak central ...

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden has arrived in Kyiv to start a visit in which he is expected to hold talks with the Ukrainian leadership. A senior U.S. administration official said the vice president plans announce during his two-day visit a package of technical ...

DAVID MOYES raged at his Manchester United players last night, accusing them of "rank and rotten defending" during his woefully unsuccessful return to Goodison Park. Also in this section. Bolton conditions for Andrews · Coleman: It will go down to the wire ...

One year after a pair of homemade pressure-cooker bombs killed three people and wounded more than 260 others, turning a day of athletic triumph into one of tragedy, the Boston Marathon returns to the streets on Monday. Security along the course will be ...

Even the Sadducees – faithful Jews – were not convinced that there is a life after death. When Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead, he was therefore pulling him back from the darkness of nothingness into the light of life. However, they decided, after seeing ...

NEW DELHI: Malaysia Airlines Flight MH192 which re-departed Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) at 3.35pm safely arrived at Bengaluru airport in Bangalore at 5.00pm today. The original flight, MH192 had to turn back to Kuala Lumpur International ...

Bashar al-Assad has not said whether he will stand for election but allies have predicted he will participate and win. Photograph: Sana/Reuters. Syria has called a presidential election for 3 June, preparing the ground for Bashar al-Assad to defy widespread ...

KIEV - US Vice President Joe Biden touched down at Kiev airport Monday for a two-day visit seen as a show of support for crisis-hit Ukraine's pro-Western leaders, an AFP reporter at the scene said. Biden's arrival came as Moscow accused Kiev of violating an ...

BOSTON — It's off to the races Monday morning for myself and 35,999 other runners at the 118th Boston Marathon. Yael T. Abouhalkah. More News. Read more Yael T. Abouhalkah. My plan is to run under 3 hours and 40 minutes. If I do it at age 58, great, ...

As far as his followers were concerned, Jesus made it abundantly clear that following him was not like going on a joyride - discipleship was a tough way of life. He also challenged those who asked him about the requirements of the Kingdom of God, and ...

It has been a quarter of a century since the humble Game Boy brought video games to a whole new audience. In case that makes you feel old, you can perhaps find some solace in the fact that it took over a year to reach Europe, finally showing up in ...

Passengers walk past a thermal scanner at the medical quarantine area at the arrival section of Manila's International Airport in Paranaque, south of Manila, on April 16. Associated Press. MANILA, The Philippines—The Philippines will intensify efforts to locate ...

The all new HTC One (M8) has arrived in India and we take a look how HTC has made their best handset even better. HTC One (M8): First impressions. HTC announced its latest flagship device, the HTC One (M8), in India today at a very strategic price point ...

Scientists have for the first time turned adult human skin cells into stem cells, which can grow into any type of tissue in the body, using cloning techniques. Using the cloning technique which produced Dolly the sheep in 1996, researchers were able to turn skin ...

In a major breakthrough, scientists have for the first time grown stem cells from a man's skin using cloning techniques. While the advancement could reopen the debate over ethics of human cloning, it could also lead to development of tissue in a lab that could ...

A leaked email sent by Microsoft to its suppliers says that the legendary Nokia name will be changed to Microsoft Mobile by the end of April 2014. No more Nokia? Company to be renamed Microsoft Mobile, say rumours. Well, this is sad in so many ways.