Pretoria, South Africa (CNN) -- Oscar Pistorius's hard-hitting defense lawyers will try Monday to rattle one of the most unflappable witnesses to testify so far against the track star accused of murdering his girlfriend, cover girl Reeva Steenkamp. A security guard ...

Pretoria - Murder-accused Paralympian Oscar Pistorius's trial will enter its second week on Monday in the North Gauteng High Court. Last week, a number of witnesses underwent often tenacious cross-examination by defence lawyer Barry Roux SC, as well ...

Scientists have identified four new man-made gases that are contributing to the depletion of the ozone layer. Two of the gases are accumulating at a rate that is causing concern among researchers. Worries over the growing ozone hole have seen the ...

KUALA LUMPUR: Hijacking could not be ruled out and all possibilities were being investigated into why a Malaysia Airlines jet carrying 239 people went missing enroute from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, the chief Malaysian investigator said on Monday.

Alibaba Group's hold over China's e-commerce market is facing a new challenge from rival Tencent, which is joining forces with a local online retailer to expand in the nation's growing mobile Internet market. Tencent, the maker of China's most popular ...

Scientists have developed a blood test that they say could lead to an early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia in elderly people long before the symptoms of the disease begin to manifest themselves. A team led by Dr. Howard ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan is expected to maintain its massive monetary stimulus on Tuesday on a view the economy can weather a sales tax increase in April without extra support, although there is expected to be some concern about weakness ...

Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini accused his players of complacency after their shock 2-1 home FA Cup quarter-final defeat to holders Wigan, who beat them in last year's final. City's dreams of an unprecedented treble - or at least a domestic ...

Policing and forensic investigation expert at Unisa, Rudolf Zinn believes much more new evidence is likely to be presented at the second week of the Pistorius trial which gets underway on Monday. Pistorius pleaded not guilty in the North Gauteng High Court ...

HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Despite reducing the volatility of policy expectations in near term, forward guidance by major central banks might not reliably provide further stimulus to the economy, said economists from the Bank for International Settlements ...

A DOZEN nuns held in Syria for more than three months have been released and are on their way to Damascus via Lebanon. A DOZEN nuns held in Syria for more than three months have been released and are on their way to Damascus via Lebanon.

MASNA, Lebanon: Rebels in Syria freed more than a dozen Greek Orthodox nuns on Monday, ending their four-month captivity in exchange for Syrian authorities releasing dozens of female prisoners. The release of the nuns and their helpers, 16 women in all ...

BEIRUT: Thirteen nuns were freed late Sunday by Syrian rebels in exchange for the release by Damascus of more than 150 Syrian women prisoners following Lebanese and Qatari mediation, officials said, putting an end to an ordeal that lasted more than ...

ConsumerAffairs' founder and editor, Jim Hood formerly headed Associated Press Broadcast News, directing coverage of major news events worldwide. He also served as Senior Vice President of United Press International and was the founder and editor of ...