ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of mourners chanting anti-government slogans marched through central Istanbul on Wednesday for the funeral of a teenager wounded in street protests last summer whose death has sparked renewed unrest across ...

NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 12: In this image handout provided by the Office of Mayor of New York, Fire Commissioner Salvatore Cassano (L) speaks with New York Mayor Bill de Blasio (2L), and City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito on scene as ...

SIMFEROPOPL, UKRAINE - MARCH 12: A woman walks through a residential estate next to the perimeter of a Ukrainian military base on March 12, 2014 in Simferopol, Ukraine. As the standoff between the Russian military and Ukrainian forces continues in ...

Oscar Pistorius may not have been wearing his prosthetic legs when he tried to break down his locked toilet door with a cricket bat, his murder trial has heard. On day eight of the trial, a forensic expert was asked to show how the door was hit with the bat.

Twenty five years after he penned the first draft of the proposal that would become the World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee has called for a Magna Carta for the Internet. Conceived as a medium for open exchange of ideas, the net is heavily spied on. Unlike the ...

Annoyed over conflicting reports about the missing plane, China tonight asked Malaysia to verify rumours and share all information about the flight MH370 after official admission that it may have turned back and disappeared over the Straits of Malacca.

General Motors was facing additional pressure this week over the way it handled a defect that was deadly in certain compact vehicles. Word leaked out that a criminal investigation and two committees in Congress were opening probes into the matter.

Ukraine's Security Council chief has accused Russia of planning to invade after it claimed that tens of thousands of troops have amassed on the country's border. Andriy Parubiy, Secretary of Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council, said during a ...

A man from Louisiana, who spent close to three decades in that state's death row, was freed Tuesday, when prosecutors requested that a judge set aside his death sentence and conviction of murder in the first degree. The prosecutors cited new evidence that ...

Enlarge. At age 25, the World Wide Web is far past baby steps and a moody adolescent stage. And its founder says, it's time for this Millennial to grow up. Skip to next paragraph. Related stories. Five ways to protect yourself from government surveillance ...

March 12 (Bloomberg) -- Fifteen minutes after a New York City resident reported the pervasive smell of gas in her East Harlem neighborhood, a massive explosion destroyed two buildings, killing two people and injuring at least 18. Utility workers arrived too ...

A kiss is not just a kiss, no matter what Herman Humphrey's 1931 famous song "As Time Goes By" suggests. The touch of someone's lips on your own is incomparable. It is different in kind, not just intensity, from any other kind of physical contact. Chin, and ...

ANGOLA, La. (AP) — A Louisiana man who spent nearly 30 years in prison, on death row no less, said Wednesday that it feels good to finally be freed. Glenn Ford, 64, walked free on Tuesday after a judge approved the state's motion to vacate his murder ...

NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 12: Emergency personnel stand on the Metro-North train tracks as they respond to a five-alarm fire and building collapse at 1646 Park Ave in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan March 12, 2014 in New York City. Reports of an ...

YEVPATORIA, UKRAINE - MARCH 12: A couple idle by the water on March 12, 2014 in the Black Sea town of Yevpatoria, Ukraine. As the standoff between the Russian military and Ukrainian forces continues in Ukraine's Crimean peninsula, world leaders are ...

A South African police forensics analyst says Oscar Pistorius was probably not wearing his prosthetic legs when he used a cricket bat to hit the door through which he fatally shot his girlfriend, an assertion that counters claims made by the athlete. In court ...

From insurance scams to acts of terrorism, missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 is shrouded in mystery and conspiracy theories - but what really happened? Invisibility cloaks and scams: eight MH370 conspiracy theories (Getty) ...

Apple has dropped its 30 day iPhone return policy down to 14 days. The 30 day policy used to apply to iPhones purchased directly from Apple Retail Stores or the company's Online Store. An internal document leaked to 9to5Mac reveals that Apple has ...

A very long four days after Malaysia Air Flight MH370 disappeared seemingly without a trace, Malaysian officials have reportedly finally shared their radar data with American accident investigators who will assist in deciphering the data. Why it's taken this long ...

A video of two strangers kissing for 24 hours will feature at a public arts festival in Cape Town. Keith Richards to publish book for kids · Drunken newlywed forces emergency landing · Bieber drunk driving trial date set · Idols SA auditions hit Cape Town · Andy ...