Anti-government protesters today forced acting Thai premier to flee a meeting, hours after a grenade and gun attack on their camp left three persons dead even as the army warned of using force to curb violence. The protesters stormed into an air force ...

Microsoft has reportedly announced the new Xbox One, which will launch on June and that would come without the Kinect peripheral. According to CNET, Xbox One and Xbox 360 will no longer require a Live Gold subscription of 60 dollars to access ...

Singers Beyonce Knowles and Jay-Z are in a crisis mode after a video featuring Beyonce's sister Solange throwing a fit at her, became public. The video features Solange screaming at Jay-Z after stepping into the elevator. A large man, who appears to be a ...

A second case of the dangerous Middle East respiratory virus, called MERS, has been found in the United States, health authorities said today. The US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention and CDC and Florida Department of Health are investigating ...

Minutes after the ninth and the final phase of the Lok Sabha elections concluded, BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi thanked the voters, the Election Commission and "the social media" in a series of tweets this evening. "India has voted!

European Union foreign ministers have added 13 people to its visa ban and asset freeze list over Ukraine but are not expected to take tougher measures before the May 25 elections in the east European nation, officials said today. Beyond the 13 people, two ...

The $35-billion merger between Publicis and Omnicom being called off means there will be no challenger to the Martin-Sorrell-led WPP Group in India. The WPP Group remains the leader in advertising and marketing communications in the country by a wide ...

Kiev, May 9 (IANS/ITAR -TASS) A senior official of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic has said that hostilities have resumed on the streets of the Ukrainian city of Mariupol. Denis Pushilin, a co-chairman of the government of the self-proclaimed ...

Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi arrived Friday at a Catholic care home to do one-year community service for tax fraud, a media report said. Berlusconi was convicted of tax fraud last year in connection with TV rights purchased by his firm ...

In yet another setback, deposed Thai premier Yingluck Shinawatra was today indicted by an anti- graft body over a controversial rice subsidy scheme and will face impeachment that could dash her hopes of an electoral comeback, a day after a court ...

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 ...

The US might have to “reconsider its attitude” towards India if the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) wins power and Narendra Modi becomes prime minister, a senior American expert on South Asia has said. “Modi and his strategy, if I can summarise it... India is ...

JJ Abrams has finally announced the cast for 'Star Wars: Episode VII' and it is a star-studded affair with the likes of Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill and Adam Driver among the Hollywood actors who have been confirmed for the next installment.

Twitter shares have reportedly dropped by 11 percent due to the slowdown of user generation, defying analysts' predictions. The company has also reported a loss of 132 million dollars for the latest quarter but has earned a revenue profit of 250 million dollars ...

Twitter Inc reported lackluster user and usage growth for the second consecutive quarter on Tuesday, deepening investor concerns about its struggle to gain a mass following. Twitter's stock fell more than 10% after hours to $38.05, below its post-initial public ...

The Finnish technology company Nokia announced a new strategy on Tuesday that focuses on its core mobile telecommunications infrastructure business, and it named the head of that division, Rajeev Suri, as its new chief executive. The plan opens the first ...

The Finnish technology company Nokia announced a new strategy on Tuesday that focuses on its core mobile telecommunications infrastructure business, and it named the head of that division, Rajeev Suri, as its new chief executive. The plan opens the first ...

An Egyptian court today sentenced Muslim Brotherhood chief Mohamed Badie and his 682 supporters to death, a move that could raise tension in the country which has been gripped by turmoil since the ouster of Islamist president Mohammed Morsi last year.

The Middle East Respiratory Syndrome toll has reached 102 in Saudi Arabia since the virus first emerged in April 2012, a media report said Monday. The country's health ministry said 10 new deaths occurred Sunday while 16 new confirmed cases have been ...

The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) urged the Syrian government to form a fact-finding mission to look into the allegations of chlorine gas use in rebel-held areas, an official said Sunday. Earlier this month, the Syrian ...