Hollywood leading man George Clooney, who has said he was not suited for marriage, is engaged to British lawyer Amal Alamuddin, according to media reports on Saturday. Alamuddin, 36, was spotted last week wearing a large ring at a Los Angeles ...

Barack Obama's four-nation trip to the Asia-Pacific region is meant to reassure allies. The trip is to bolster America's trade and security ties with Japan, South Korea, Malaysia and the Philippines. Though it is very much part of the president's Asia pivot doctrine, ...

Rescuers retrieved 12 bodies and plucked at least seven men to safety from the snow-blanketed slopes on Friday, with a 13th body recovered on Saturday. Nepalese rescue team members rescue a survivor of an avalanche on Mount Everest. AFP.

The Internet retailer would jump into a crowded market dominated by Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd. Amazon.com is preparing to launch its long-rumoured smartphone in the second half of the year, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, ...

AN UNCOMPROMISING language from the transatlantic alliance in Brussels has made it clear on Russia that it wouldn't be business as usual. Foreign ministers of the 28-member Nato bloc, while condemning the annexation of Crimea as illegal, said that ...

AN UNCOMPROMISING language from the transatlantic alliance in Brussels has made it clear on Russia that it wouldn't be business as usual. Foreign ministers of the 28-member Nato bloc, while condemning the annexation of Crimea as illegal, said that ...

THE NORTH Atlantic alliance and Russia are in a face-off and the theatre of activity is Crimea. The 28-member Nato's foreign ministers are meeting in Brussels to discuss how they can reassure the eastern European countries alarmed by Russia's annexation ...

Malaysian authorities now say they are still investigating the last words received from the missing plane and who said those words. It may mean little to investigators that the last words air traffic controllers heard from the lost jetliner were “Good night, ...

Trapped in her northern Syrian village by fighting, Mervat watched her newborn baby progressively shrink. Her daughter's dark eyes seemed to grow bigger as her face grew more skeletal. Finally, Mervat escaped to neighbouring Lebanon, and a nurse told ...

At a time when instability is at its peak in South Sudan, the volatile region of Darfur is once again slipping into anarchy. The warning that has come from the United Nations should be taken seriously not only by both the independent Sudanese states but also ...

Women in the Pacific region face some of the highest domestic violence rates globally and are the worst represented politically, the Pacific Islands Forum has warned as the world marks International Women's Day. The PIF Secretariat's gender adviser Seema ...

The ministry also reported that a chronically ill Saudi man who was admitted to a hospital in Riyadh became a new positive case of the virus. Saudi Arabia says a man has died from a new respiratory virus related to Sars, bringing to 62 the number of deaths in ...

Apple said technology letting drivers use iPhones with voice commands or steering-wheel buttons will be available in vehicles as early as this year. Fiat SpA's Ferrari supercar division, Daimler AG's Mercedes-Benz luxury unit and Volvo Car Group will show ...

The technology could also be used for “playing hide-and-seek in your house with your favorite game character, or transforming the hallways into a tree-lined path.” A Google logo is seen at a Best Buy electronics store in this file photo illustration taken in ...