Anti-government protesters shout slogans and wave banners, some reading: "stop the crackdown on labour unions" as they take part in a rally in Seoul on Feb 25, 2014. South Korean President Park Geun Hye on Tuesday, Feb 25, 2014, unveiled a three-year ...

Facebook has quietly shelved its controversial email feature, introduced three years ago, because "people haven't been using it". Founder Mark Zuckerberg launched the service in 2010, criticising traditional email for being "too slow and formal" for the next ...

Sources tell TMZ gorgeous brunette Paula told the Blurred Lines sleaze-bag she wanted to end the marriage on Friday. It sparked an immediate reaction from Thicke who abruptly cancelled the his show blaming throat problems, say the gossip website.

The new Galaxy S5 phone has been launched with a number of updated features, including a larger screen than its predecessor, at 5.1inches (12.95 cm) and a sharper camera, with a resolution of 16 megapixels, up from 13 megapixels. The device also has ...

A British fighter in Syria speaking in a video posted to YouTube. (Screen capture: YouTube). Newsroom. Email the Newsroom · Facebook · Twitter. Related Topics. Syria · Britain · terror. LONDON — Three men and a woman were arrested in Britain Tuesday ...

TOKYO--Japan will continue to rely on nuclear power as a central part of its energy policy under a draft government plan, effectively overturning a pledge by a previous administration to phase out all nuclear plants. Skepticism about nuclear power has been ...

Promises turn into lies if they are not kept. We saw a number of political parties launch their election manifestos over the weekend. The question that preoccupies us is whether the parties will be able to deliver on their promises. Uganda anti-gay law one of ...

Never let it be said that the Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is one to overhype a crisis. Asked about the National Security Agency's spying scandal, which has hit Internet firms with widespread fears among users about being snooped on, he responded: ...

Ukraine's parliament has put off plans to vote on the formation of a national unity government until Thursday to allow consultations to continue. "The vote on the national unity government should be on Thursday," said Oleksander Turchinov, the speaker of the ...

Officials in Ukraine have begun preparations for presidential elections as early May 25, even as the location of the country's president remains unknown. The country's Central Election Commission posted an election calendar document to its website early ...

The police said a 45-year-old man was being held on suspicion of attending a terrorist training camp and facilitating terrorism overseas. Photograph: Joe Giddens/PA. Three men and a woman have been been arrested on suspicion of terror offences ...

BARCELONA ― Samsung Electronics Monday unveiled its latest Galaxy S5 smartphone equipped with a larger screen and fingerprint scanner. At the “Unpacked 5” event held at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) here on Monday, the Korean technology ...

SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- South Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Tuesday ended the reunion of families separated by the Korean War, held first in more than three years in the DPRK's Mount Kumgang resort. Hundreds of ...

Despite cuts in production at nearly 150 of Beijing's industrial plants, the city has remained veiled by a cloud of pollution that has affected parts of China for days. Residents have been advised to avoid the outdoors. Smog in Peking China 24.02.2014.

Over the last week Ukraine has been in headlines across Europe, and most of these picture public protests as the last stand-off between the democratic West and authoritarian Russia. Also in this Section. John McCallister: If we want a shared Northern Ireland ...

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Israeli police stormed a sensitive Jerusalem holy site Tuesday to disperse a violent riot there mere hours before the Israeli parliament was to hold a charged debate over the status of sovereignty over the same site. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said ...

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 ...

Seoul — South Korean President Park Geun-Hye Tuesday unveiled a three-year plan to rebalance the export-reliant economy, investing $3.7 billion in start-ups, boosting domestic spending and getting more young people and women in the workforce.

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 ...