Russia was supposed to host the annual G8 summit in Sochi, but G7 leaders agreed to exclude President Vladimir Putin and hold smaller G7 format in Brussels, following Russia's absorption of Crimea. Photo: Bloomberg. Berlin: German Chancellor Angela ...

On the last leg of a four-country Asia tour, Obama announced new steps to punish Russia for what the president has called “provocation” on Ukraine's border, where Moscow has conducted military operations. Photo: Reuters. Slavyansk, Ukraine: President ...

A relook at the no-first use policy by BJP if its voted to power after Lok Sabha election would mark a major departure from India's existing nuclear policy. New Delhi: The main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has promised to study “in detail” India's ...

While gay activists applauded the move, many in the technology community lamented the departure of Brendan Eich, who invented the programming language Javascript and co-founded Mozilla. San Francisco: Mozilla chief executive Brendan Eich has ...

Helsinki: Nokia Oyj, working to complete the sale of its mobile phone division to Microsoft Corp., said the €5.44 billion transaction will be delayed until next month as Asian regulators review it. The companies had previously predicted that the sale would be ...

An international force resumed its search efforts on Sunday, zeroing in on two areas some 2,500 km southwest of Perth in an effort to find the object identified by China. Photo: AP. Perth/Kuala Lumpur: Australia's prime minister said on Sunday there was ...

Twenty five years after he penned the first draft of the proposal that would become the World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee has called for a Magna Carta for the Internet. Conceived as a medium for open exchange of ideas, the net is heavily spied on. Unlike the ...

Overseas funds have boosted holdings of rupee-denominated debt by about $6 billion this year, after paring investments by a record $8 billion in 2013. Photo: Pradeep Gaur/Mint. Mumbai: India's 10-year government bonds rose, with the yield at the lowest ...

The dual SIM Nokia X is a 4-inch device, powered by a 1 GHz dual core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor. It features a tile-based design, 512MB RAM (up to 32GB expandable memory), 3MP camera and 1500 mAH battery. Photo: Bloomberg. New Delhi: ...

Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim shouts a slogan as he leaves a courthouse in Putrajaya, Malaysia. Photo: AP. Kuala Lumpur: A Malaysian court sentenced opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim to five years in jail after overturning his acquittal in 2012 ...

Peter Oppenheimer said in the statement that he plans to spend more time with his family, get more involved at California Polytechnic State University, travel and finish his pilot's licence. Photo: AFP. New York: Apple Inc. said chief financial officer (CFO) Peter ...

Nielsen ratings data on Monday showed the audience that watched slavery drama 12 Years a Slave capture the best picture honour grew 6.4% from last year. Photo: AFP. Los Angeles: Sunday's Oscars telecast drew 43 million viewers in the US, delivering ...

Gold rallied from a 28% drop in 2013 as US economic data from factory output to retail sales missed estimates just as the Federal Reserve started to scale back asset purchases. Photo: Bloomberg. Singapore: Gold rose as tension in Ukraine exacerbated by ...

Samsung has finally unveiled its dust-proof and waterproof Galaxy S5. Can a phone really be waterproof, and do you need one? E-mail · Print · Sidin Vadukut · Mail Me · Tweet. Tweet. Comments. Comments ...

This was the first such incident in 2014 and it came as South Korea and the US on Monday launched their annual joint military exercises, which Pyongyang routinely condemns as rehearsals for invasion. Photo: AFP. Seoul: A North Korean patrol boat ...

The device is being built under a partnership deal with FIH Mobile Ltd - the Hong Kong-listed unit of Taiwanese electronics giant Foxconn. Photo: AFP. Barcelona: BlackBerry Ltd unveiled a new, cheaper smartphone on Tuesday as it tries to stem losses and ...

People gather to commemorate the victims of the recent clashes in Kiev in the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Odessa on Sunday. Photo: Reuters. Ukraine's interim government said the country needs $35 billion of aid to avoid default as it issued a warrant for ...