Lithium ion batteries show up in all sort of tech these days, from your phone and laptop to airplanes and electric vehicles. But a voluntary recall of some 2.5 million Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphones after reports of battery explosions is raising new ...
Washington: The US military cannot bomb the Islamic State group into "obscurity," it cautioned on Tuesday, appealing for patience in its escalating attempts to defeat the jihadists in Syria and Iraq. "No one said this would be easy or quick, and no one should ...
Tripoli: Militias that control Libya's two main cities denounced on Tuesday hard-won talks brokered by the UN aimed at ending a split that has crippled the violence-plagued country. Parliament, which was elected June 25 and is dominated by anti-Islamists, ...
The next version of Microsoft's flagship operating system will be called Windows 10, as the company skips version 9 to emphasize advances it is making toward a world centered around mobile devices and Internet services. The current version, Windows 8, ...
Apple's iPhone 6 still lacks a key network access licence in China, state media confirmed Thursday on the eve of its global launch, breaking official silence on why sales of the smartphone will be delayed. The US technology giant is launching the iPhone 6 in ...
Donetsk, Ukraine: US-led military exercises involving 15 countries were set to begin in Ukraine Monday, as fighting rumbles on in the restive east between government forces and pro-Russian rebels in violation of a ceasefire. Heavy fighting erupted around ...
London: With opinion polls on Thursday's Scottish independence vote too close to call, Prime Minister David Cameron of Britain faces the risk this week of becoming the leader who presided over the breakup of the United Kingdom. And that is only one of his ...
London: Prime Minister David Cameron on Sunday called the murder of a British hostage by Islamic State militants an "act of pure evil" and vowed Britain would do all in its power to bring the killers to justice. "This is a despicable and appalling murder of an ...
More and more information about the newly announced Apple Watch is trickling out as analysts weigh in on what was announced at Tuesday's huge launch event and journalists are allowed hands-on time with the device. Beyond the usual tech perspectives, ...
An Army officer carries a rescued baby from a boat moored in the floodwaters in Srinagar. Srinagar: This evening, on an Air Force helicopter that flew over flood-affected areas in and around Srinagar, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah dropped food packets to a ...
Four times before in its history, at media events planned with military precision, Apple introduced a new invention that radically altered how the technology industry conceived of its future. The company hopes it did that again for a fifth time on Tuesday by ...
San Francisco: Twitter on Monday began testing "buy buttons" that let people make purchases directly from marketing posts fired off at the globally popular one-to-many messaging service. The move comes as Twitter works to ramp up its appeal to people ...
Washington: Google Inc has agreed to refund at least $19 million to settle charges that it unfairly billed parents for purchases that their children made while playing video games like Ice Age Village and Air Penguins on mobile devices. The U.S. Federal Trade ...
Announced at the sidelines of IFA in Berlin, the accessories include a wireless display adapter, wireless charging plates, and wireless charging shells. The Microsoft Screen Sharing for Lumia Phones (HD-10) wireless display adapter has been launched at ...
This image from 2012 shows Al Qaeda chief Zyam al-Zawahri speaking from an undisclosed location. (Agence France-Presse photo). New Delhi: Ayman Muhammad Rabaie al-Zawahri, who has announced an Al Qaeda branch in India and its neighbourhood ...
NEWPORT, Wales: Faced with a mounting militant threat in the Middle East, President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron declared on Thursday that their nations will "not be cowed" by extremists who have killed two American ...
FILE photo: American journalist Steven Sotloff (centre with dark helmet) talks to Libyan rebels, near Misrata. (Agence France-Presse Photo). Miami: The family of murdered US journalist Steven Sotloff paid moving tribute to the reporter on Wednesday, ...
Nude photos of Jennifer Lawrence and other celebrities began circulating across the Internet on Sunday, with some reports blaming Apple's iCloud service that can automatically backup user photos and keep them long after they are deleted from user's phone ...
A Palestinian girl holds a rifle as fighters of Al-Quds brigades gather in Gaza City. (Wissam Nassar/The New York Times). Jerusalem: Only time will tell whether Israel will maintain the quiet it so desperately sought during 50 days of war with Palestinian ...
Washington: Journalist James Foley's jihadist captors sent his family a taunting and rambling email threatening to kill him, just a week before making public a video of his execution, the American reporter's employer said Thursday. GlobalPost said it released ...
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