David Moyes saw his Manchester United side crash to the brink of a humiliating Champions League exit last night and admitted: 'That's the worst we've played in Europe.' It was United boss Moyes' final chance to salvage some glory from a desperate first ...

As expected, Samsung took the wraps off its latest Galaxy S5 smartphone. Rather than an all-new phone, the S5 features several improvements compared to the S4. ET SPECIAL: Save precious time tracking your investments. After CES, it's the Mobile World ...

Serhii Plokhii is a professor of history and the director of the Ukraine Research Institute at Harvard University. He is the author of "The Last Empire: The Final Days of the Soviet Union," which will be available in May. Updated February 25, 2014, 6:12 PM.

The obesity rate among young US children has fallen by 43% since 2003-2004, the first broad decline in years, a broad new national study has found. Obesity among US children age two to five dropped to 8.4% in 2011-2012 from 13.9%, a national survey ...

Fighters from the Free Syrian Army's Saad Bin Obada al-Khazerji brigade, al-Rahman corps, prepare to fire an artillery cannon in eastern al-Ghouta, targeting forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad based in the capital Damascus January 29, 2014.

SUSPECTED Islamic militants have killed 29 students in a pre-dawn attack on a northeast Nigerian school, survivors said, setting ablaze a locked dormitory and shooting and slitting the throats of those who escaped through windows. Some were burned alive.

EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton gave controversial Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko a warm embrace yesterday, as she promised the country help in fighting its financial crisis. The first senior foreign official to visit Ukraine's capital Kiev ...

A day after Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni signed into law a punitive bill that criminalizes homosexuality with life sentences and punishes efforts to raise or discuss gay issues, the influence of American evangelicals on the law is being raised.

Pollution in Beijing was stuck at unhealthy levels for the sixth straight day, prompting warnings for people to stay indoors as thick grey smog shrouded the capital a week before the annual meeting of China's legislature. The concentration of PM2.5, the small ...

BITCOIN suffered a major setback as the website of Mt. Gox, the once dominant trading platform for the virtual currency, was all but shut down. The Tokyo-based exchange posted a brief statement to its website that said it has stopped all transactions “for the ...

Manchester United's troubled season took another turn for the worse on Tuesday as David Moyes' side slumped to a 2-0 first leg defeat to Olympiakos in the last 16 of the Champions League. Moyes described the match as “the worst performance in Europe” ...

President Goodluck Jonathan has condemned the attack on the Federal Government College Buni Yadi in Yobe State, calling it callous, barbaric and senseless. President Jonathan who said that he received the news with immense sadness extended his ...

Oumou Balde, 4, left, with her teacher, Jacqualine Sanchez, in a nutrition program in New York. Credit Seth Wenig/Associated Press. Continue reading the main story. Continue reading the main story. Continue reading the main story Share This Page.

SAMSUNG has taken Apple head-on, releasing an upgraded Galaxy S5 smartphone with a fingerprint reader and improved battery life, and avoiding a long list of gimmicks. In April last year, Samsung promoted its predecessor as a constant companion: the ...

Since it was confirmed Robin Thicke and Paula Patton have ended their relationship, a few details of their final weeks have come to light. Reports out today say Robin, 36, cancelled a recent concert in Atlanta, instead jetting off to wife Paula to try and save ...

WHO declares China's pollution a crisis. Updated: 07:11, Wednesday February 26, 2014. WHO declares China's pollution a crisis. The World Health Organisation has declared the current level of air pollution in China a crisis. It comes as the capital Bejiing ...

BANGUI (Reuters) - Over 15,000 people in Central African Republic, mostly Muslim civilians in makeshift camps, are surrounded and being threatened by armed militia groups, a spokesman for the U.N. refugee agency said on Tuesday. Adrian Edwards told a ...

Ukraine's new leaders have promised to fight separatism, as Russia and the European Union called on them to ensure the country's integrity. Interim President Oleksandr Turchynov said that the power vacuum that resulted after President Viktor Yanukovych's ...

Gay individuals and those who were said to be gay in a Uganda tabloid report today could be "at risk in their local community," according to a human rights expert who has watched the anti-gay political movement in the country spread. The English-language ...

PARIS — French lawmakers voted on Tuesday to continue their country's military operation in Central African Republic, but President Francois Hollande was accused of failing to foresee how difficult it would be. The 428-14 vote in the lower house came after ...