Geneva — Syria's warring sides launched a new round of peace talks Monday, as an agreement from the first round last month was being implemented with aid convoys evacuating the besieged city of Homs. The UN and Arab League mediator, veteran ...

The EU threatens to review all bilateral agreements with Switzerland if Bern goes all the way and blocks immigrant inflow. On Sunday Swiss voters narrowly approved the return of strict quotas for immigrants from within the EU. After a 50.4 percent majority of ...

Toyota's decision to shut down local manufacturing, which is expected to cost thousands of jobs and billions in investment, comes despite the Japanese car maker receiving government grants of up to $492 million over the past four years. The decision, which ...

“I am satisfied that the applicant (SA Revenue Service) has established the requirements for the grant of a provisional sequestration,” Judge Bill Prinsloo said in his judgment. A draft order was signed and made an order of court. Reading the order into the ...

Former Congolese rebel leader Bosco Ntaganda ordered troops to kill and rape civilians, prosecutors say. Judges at the International Criminal Court are deciding if there is enough evidence for him to stand trial. "He played a key role in planning assaults ...

Google, Twitter, Facebook and Microsoft are fierce competitors but – at least for a day – the companies are working together to celebrate Safer Internet Day (SID). Competing security firms Symantec and Trend Micro are also sponsoring the U.S. Safer Internet ...

Bosco "the Terminator" Ntaganda committed war crimes including rape and mass murder, prosecutors tell hearing at ICC. Last updated: 10 Feb 2014 12:11. Email Article. Print Article. Share article. Send Feedback. Bosco 'the Terminator' Ntaganda handed ...

Forest officials say a tiger has killed its 10th human victim in a month while evading hunters on its trail in northern India. Deputy Director Saket Badola of the Jim Corbet National Park says the female tiger was outside its normal territory and prowling near ...

Damascus — A truce that has allowed the evacuation of hundreds of civilians from besieged districts of Syria's Homs was extended for three days but fresh peace talks in Switzerland bogged down in mutual recriminations. The extension of the tenuous truce ...

HTC has reported released its Q4 2013 results and the numbers do not look good. Furthermore, the Taiwanese smartphone maker expects revenue to decline even further in Q1 2014. The Taipei-based smartphone maker posted quarterly revenue of NT$42.9 ...

Anti-government protest: A monkey holds a national flag and a bank note during an anti-government march in downtown Bangkok, Thailand on Monday. Thai anti-government protesters vowed to press on with street rallies aimed at ousting Prime Minister ...

February 10, 2014 - In my new book, the Genesis of Political Consciousness in the South Sudan, it states that, as the Republic of South Sudan joined the league of independent nations, it is too early to celebrate, because its survivability as a nation state, ...

PEBBLE BEACH - Here's the beauty of walking even four holes to watch Phil Mickelson play golf: It's seldom dull. Mickelson shot 74 Sunday to fade into the pack at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. Rather than make a late run at his fifth AT&T title ...

Satya Nadella. SummaryMicrosoft Corporation scrip slipped to USD 35.82 on February 5, before gaining ground to close at USD 36.18 the next day. Related Articles. Satya Nadella's rise at Microsoft Corporation reflection of how good Indian students are: P.

The Vietnamese creator of electronic game Flappy Bird took the game down from online stores after complaining he had become a victim of its phenomenal success. As of Monday, Flappy Bird was no longer listed at the top spot on Google Play or Apple's App ...

Barcelona coach Gerardo Martino said Lionel Messi had answered his critics in the best way possible as the Argentine scored his first two goals from open play in 10 league games as Barca won 4-1 at Sevilla on Sunday. Sevilla had gone ahead early on ...

Senior figures in the Swiss People's Party cheer the results of the referendum to limit EU migration to the country. Photograph: EPA/Marcel Bieri. Suzanne Lynch. Topics: News · World · Europe; More Topics. Mon, Feb 10, 2014, 01:00. First published: Mon, Feb ...

An interesting new paper by Matthew England and colleagues just published in the journal Nature Climate Change tosses another hat in the ring when it comes to the so-called "hiatus" or "pause" (I prefer "speed bump") in global warming. As I have discussed ...