The tech world is still reeling after the shock announcement that WhatsApp would acquire Facebook, in a $16-billion deal ($19-billion if you include stock units meant to kick in after three years). But what exactly does this mean for Facebook, WhatsApp, the ...

KAMPALA, Uganda - A Ugandan newspaper published a list Tuesday of what it called the country's "200 top" homosexuals, outing some Ugandans who previously had not identified themselves as gay one day after the president enacted a harsh anti-gay law.

The couple, who have been married since 2005, say they will "always love each other and be best friends". 8:17am UK, Tuesday 25 February 2014. Robin Thicke and Paula Patton. Video: Blurred Lines Singer And Wife Split. Enlarge. Tweet ...

BEIJING: Pollution-weary residents of smog-hit Beijing turned to black humour to help cope with gruelling conditions Tuesday as a large swathe of China was covered by a thick blanket of haze for a sixth consecutive day. Meanwhile President Xi Jinping was ...

New Delhi: Following WhatsApp's brief outage last week, millions of users reportedly jumped to a few months old messaging app Telegram. According to Telegram, almost 5 million people signed up on Telegram on Sunday, making it the No. 1 iPhone app in ...

NEW YORK — Samsung is banking on you shaping up this spring. The company on Monday unveiled its new Galaxy S5 smartphone, which is set to go on sale in April, along with a pair of fitness-themed watches. And many of the features included on the ...

BARCELONA, Spain--Blackberry pulled the wraps off of the new Q20 handset at MWC 2014. Billed as the "Blackberry Classic" by company CEO John Chen, the device will feature a full QWERTY keyboard along with fresh Blackberry 10 software. Along side ...

Mikhail Klimentyev/AFP/Getty Images. President Vladimir Putin with figure skaters Adelina Sotnikova (right) and Julia Lipnitskaya (left) after an award ceremony for Russian athletes Monday in Sochi. Russia staged a successful Olympics, but we shouldn't be ...

North and South Korea on Tuesday were due to wrap up the latest reunions of families separated by the division of the Korean Peninsula, a media report said on Tuesday. At the North Korean resort of Mount Kumgang, 357 people from the South and 88 ...

ENTEBBE, UGANDA — A controversial bill that introduces lengthy prison sentences for people who engage in homosexual acts was signed into law on Monday by Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni. The law, which has been strongly criticised by Western ...

SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Yonhap) -- The frayed ties between South Korea and Japan may not improve until Japan stops its nationalistic remarks and actions over the islets of Dokdo in the East Sea and other bilateral historical issues, Seoul's foreign ministry said ...

The second and final day of the G8 summit saw Russian President Vladimir Putin clash with the other heads of state over potential solutions to the growing problem in Syria. For the world's press the leaders seemed united but behind the scenes Putin, whose ...

A visitor taking a photo of the haze-covered Temple of Heaven in Beijing. The smog is so bad it is threatening crops. Getty Images. Print. Share via. Facebook · Twitter · Google+. 1 of 1. A visitor taking a photo of the haze-covered Temple of Heaven in Beijing.

NEW YORK — Robin Thicke and Paula Patton are calling it quits. A representative for the actress confirmed Monday that she and the singer are ending their nine-year marriage. People light candles during a religious service at a church in Kiev February 23, ...

Uganda's president on Monday signed into law an anti-gay bill that punishes gay sex with a sentence of up to life in prison. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said the bill, which goes into effect immediately, was needed because the West is promoting ...

SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Park Geun-hye said Tuesday she will make a "preparatory committee for unification" with North Korea to map out a blueprint for how best to become one nation with the communist neighbor. The move ...

Oscar Pistorius will go on trial for the murder of Reeva Steenkamp on 3 March. Picture: Christa van der Walt/ EWN. Multimedia. Previous line. Next line. Oscar Pistorius in the dock in the Pretoria Magistrates Court on 4 June 2013 in connection. 7 minutes ago.

CAIRO — Egypt's interim Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawi handed in his government's resignation Monday, amid increasing economic pressures, including a series of labor strikes. Beblawi had been expected to reorganize his Cabinet in the lead-up to ...

Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan, centre, delivers his budget speech on behalf of the Treasury in May last year. Picture: TREVOR SAMSON. Related articles. Pravin Gordhan's pounding headache · As in 1994, cost of debt has become a challenge for SA · Will ...

Desperate for cash and fearing Moscow will cut off billions in vital aid, Ukraine's new interim government appealed Monday for a massive infusion as major powers jockeyed to shape the political outcome of the strategically located but bitterly divided nation.