A court in Qatar has sentenced an American couple to three years in prison over the death of the eight-year-old adopted daughter. The judge did not specify the exact charges of which they were convicted. But prosecutors had accused Matthew and Grace ...

A court in Qatar has sentenced an American couple to three years in prison over the death of the eight-year-old adopted daughter. The judge did not specify the exact charges of which they were convicted. But prosecutors had accused Matthew and Grace ...

Police in Myanmar's Rakhine state have fired warning shots in an attempt to disperse crowds gathered outside offices of international aid workers. Hundreds of Buddhists threw rocks at homes and offices in the capital, Sittwe, starting on Wednesday.

Lawyers for the South African Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius will open the case for the defence in Pretoria on Friday. He is standing trial for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine's Day last year. Mr Pistorius says that he mistook Ms ...

The search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has resumed after weather conditions in the southern Indian Ocean improved. The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (Amsa) says 12 aircraft are taking part in Wednesday's operations. The plane ...

The route and likely crash site of missing Flight MH370 has been extrapolated from data sent from the plane, despite its tracking systems being turned off. The Malaysia Airlines plane disappeared on 8 March as it flew from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, with 239 ...

It was by common consent the standout smartphone of 2013. The HTC One, with its sleek steely looks and its zippy performance, won all kinds of awards. But what it didn't do was sell enough to pull HTC out of its downward spiral. So can the new version, the ...

Google is teaming up with the designer firm behind Ray-Ban and Oakley in an attempt to make its wearable technology desirable beyond the "geek" community. The tie-up with Italian eyewear designer Luxottica will create "avant-garde" design according to ...

Google is teaming up with the designer firm behind Ray-Ban and Oakley in an attempt to make its wearable technology desirable beyond the "geek" community. The tie-up with Italian eyewear designer Luxottica will create "avant-garde" design according to ...

Seven million people died as a result of air pollution in 2012, the World Health Organization estimates. Its findings suggest a link between air pollution and heart disease, respiratory problems and cancer. One in eight global deaths were linked with air ...

We overdo the talk of turning points and milestones in covering summits, but, when it comes to the G7 at The Hague, it's very hard to see it in any other terms. Events in Ukraine have profoundly changed Western perceptions towards Russia and it's very hard ...

Oscar Pistorius' girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp sent him a text message saying: "I'm scared of you sometimes," his murder trial has heard. The message was sent after the couple had had an argument in January 2013. The content of the text was read to the court ...

Some 528 supporters of Egypt's ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi have been sentenced to death, convicted of charges including murdering a policeman and attacks on people and property. Authorities have cracked down harshly on Islamists since ...

Some 528 supporters of Egypt's ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi have been sentenced to death, convicted of charges including murdering a policeman and attacks on people and property. Authorities have cracked down harshly on Islamists since ...

Four people have been killed by gunmen who opened fire in a church near the Kenyan port city of Mombasa. At least 17 others were wounded. No group has claimed responsibility for the shooting, but officials have blamed Islamist militants from the ...

The lawyer for Naomi Oni, who was the victim of an acid attack in 2012, has read a statement on behalf of his client after the sentencing of the assailant. Mitesh Patel said that Naomi Oni's life had been changed forever as a result of her injuries, and she called ...

Addictive mobile game Flappy Bird will return to Apple's app store, confirmed creator Dong Nguyen, although he declined to give a specific date. On Twitter, a fan had asked if he was going to put the game back in the app store. "Yes. But not soon," Mr Nguyen ...

After decades of false starts, virtual reality (VR) is again being positioned as a fully immersive consumer experience. Until now attention has focused on the Oculus Rift, a PC-compatible headset being released in July. But at the Game Developers Conference ...

tweets: Roux says accused says he fired in two short bursts. Witness says that's not consistent with wounds to Reeva. #OscarPistorius. 08:15: Defence lawyer Barry Roux is asking the witness about the shots Mr Pistorius fired. Barry Roux, lawyer for Oscar ...

Scientists say they have extraordinary new evidence to support a Big Bang Theory for the origin of the Universe. Researchers believe they have found the signal left in the sky by the super-rapid expansion of space that must have occurred just fractions of a ...