A woman holds a sign during a rally calling for the release of missing Chibok school girls, in Lagos. Close. A woman holds a sign during a rally calling for the release of missing Chibok school girls, in Lagos. Close. Open. Photographer: Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP ...

Sony has had a rough time over the past year, with both its top smartphones being outmatched by rivals' products. Xperia Z was a good smartphone that was marred by a poor display, and its successor Z1 was an improvement, but only slightly. The company ...

Professor Aina Lundgren is being questioned on her expertise regarding how long it takes a person to digest food after eating. The evidence relates to a post-mortem report on Reeva Steenkamp's body which said she still had food in her stomach after she ...

A "huge explosion" Thursday in northern Syria leveled a hotel that government troops used as a military base, along with several other buildings in a government-held area, state television and activists reported. Rebels said some 50 troops were killed in the ...

NEW DELHI: India's air monitoring centre Thursday dismissed data released by the World Health Organisation that showed New Delhi's air as the dirtiest worldwide, saying the finding was biased and misleading. A study of 1,600 cities across 91 countries ...

Around hundreds of opposition fighters and their families have been reportedly evacuated from their last stronghold in the central Syrian city of Homs. According to the BBC, two convoys of buses have so far left the Old City under a deal brokered by Iran and ...

Thailand is preparing for more mass demonstrations over the next few days after the country's Constitutional Court removed Prime Miinister Yingluck Shinawatra from office, along with nine members of her cabinet, for transferring the secretary-general of the ...

Thailand is preparing for more mass demonstrations over the next few days after the country's Constitutional Court removed Prime Miinister Yingluck Shinawatra from office, along with nine members of her cabinet, for transferring the secretary-general of the ...

Police in South Korea have detained the head of the company that operated the Sewol ferry that sank last month, resulting in the loss of more than 300 lives. Prosecutors say that the ferry may have been overloaded with cargo when it sank on 16 April, leading ...

MOSCOW May 8 (Reuters) - Russia's Foreign Ministry suggested NATO's Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen was "blind" after he wrote he had seen no signs Russia is withdrawing troops from Ukraine's border, Itar-Tass reported on Thursday.

Centrica Plc (CNA), the U.K.'s largest energy supplier to households, said 2014 earnings will be lower than estimated after a warm winter cut gas demand. Centrica expects adjusted earnings per share of 22 pence to 23 pence (37 U.S. cents to 39 U.S. cents) ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese authorities have detained an outspoken journalist and political activist accused of providing state secrets to foreign contacts, the official Xinhua News Agency said on Thursday, and state television aired images of her making a ...

Miley Cyrus reportedly spat water into the crowd during her show in London last night. The 21-year-old singer had to cancel several dates of her Bangerz world tour after she suffered a violent allergic reaction to some medication she was prescribed, resulting ...

More than 100 online firms including Google, Amazon and Facebook have signed a joint letter to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission warning of "grave consequences" if it fails to protect the openness of the Internet. By James Niccolai Wed, May 07 ...