FROM 14 initially, the number of nations involved in the search-and-rescue (SAR) mission to locate the missing Malaysia Airlines (MAS) flight MH370 has increased to 25. A full week after the flight went missing, the Malaysian prime minister was able to ...

PARIS: Beneath its Sun-scorched exterior, the planet Mercury is cooling, which is causing it to shrink ever so slightly, scientists said Sunday. Over the last 3.8 billion years, the planet has shrunk by up to 14 kilometers (8.8 miles) to reach its present diameter of ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Detailed maps of Mercury's cliffs and ditches show the solar system's innermost and smallest planet Mercury has lost much more real estate due to cooling over four billion years than scientists thought, according to a ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin recognized Crimea as a "sovereign and independent country" Monday, just hours after the strategic Black Sea peninsula declared it had broken away from Ukraine. The moves triggered the toughest Western sanctions ...

The US government is relinquishing its control of the internet's address system in a shift that may raise questions about the future direction of online innovation and communications. The decision announced on Friday begins a long-planned transition affecting ...

Small world The planet Mercury has shrunk by as much as seven kilometres in radius over the past four-and-a-half billion years, according to new data from NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft. The findings, reported in the journal Nature Geoscience, are based ...

AN experimental drug made from snail venom has shown early signs of promise in numbing pain, raising hopes in the hunt for new, non-addictive medications, an Australian researcher says. The drug, which has not been tested yet on humans, is judged to be ...

The U.S. government through the Commerce Department controls most of the fundamental parts of the Internet but that will change soon thanks to a plan announced Friday to transfer major backend control to a global group. The National Telecommunications ...

An experimental drug made from snail venom has shown early signs of promise in numbing pain, raising hopes in the hunt for new, non-addictive medications, researchers said on Sunday. The drug, which has not been tested yet on humans, was judged to ...

Four applicants who sat for job test of the Nigeria Immigration Service admitted at the Rivers Government owned Braithwaite Memorial Hospital have been discharged. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that a stampede at the Liberation stadium, Port ...

Paris on Monday launches alternate driving days for the first time in nearly 20 years to tackle dangerous air pollution levels amid controversy on whether the ban is warranted or will yield results. Vehicles drive past an information board asking to limit their ...

What better way is there to saturate the market with your operating system than to offer it for free? Google figured out the benefits, and now it seems that Microsoft may be taking the same route with Windows Phone 8. Microsoft wants a bigger piece of the ...

Beneath its Sun-scorched exterior, the planet Mercury is cooling, which is causing it to shrink ever so slightly, scientists said Sunday. Over the last 3.8 billion years, the planet has shrunk by up to 14 kilometers (8.8 miles) to reach its present diameter of 4,800 ...

CAIRO (AP) — A former Egyptian presidential candidate close to the country's youth movements said Sunday he would not take part in upcoming presidential elections, calling them a "farce" stacked in favor of Egypt's powerful military chief. Khaled Ali, an ...

In another episode of a seemingly never-ending story that never ceases to depress: Chris Brown was thrown out of his rehab facility and booted into jail this past Friday. It should be noted that according to TMZ the reason for Brown's expulsion from rehab was ...

Paris - Paris on Monday launches alternate driving days for the first time in nearly 20 years to tackle dangerous air pollution levels amid controversy on whether the ban is warranted or will yield results. The restrictions in the French capital and 22 surrounding ...

Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard is adamant they are genuine title contenders and while manager Brendan Rodgers insists he is not losing sleep over it, he is happy to be bracketed with Chelsea and Manchester City for the run-in.

Liverpool underlined its new-found superiority over Manchester United with a humbling 3-0 victory over its great rival today, virtually ending the beleaguered champions' chances of qualifying for the Champions League. On the darkest day of David Moyes' ...

The hunt for missing flight MH370 has expanded to involve 25 countries across two vast corridors of ocean and land across much of Asia, after Malaysia requested help in what has become the biggest ever search for a missing aircraft. The sheer size of the ...

FILE - In this Sunday, Oct. 6, 2013 file photo, supporters of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi are detained during clashes with riot police in Cairo, Egypt. Egypt's crackdown on Islamists has jailed 16,000 people over the past eight months in the ...