Crimea's self-defense forces storm the Ukrainian navy headquarters in the Black Sea port of Sevastopol, taking possession without resistance. 2. WHY BIDEN'S EASTERN EUROPE VISIT IS KEY. The vice president is poised to reassure Russia's neighbors ...

Reeva Steenkamp was standing in a toilet cubicle when she was hit in the right hip by the first of four bullets fired by Oscar Pistorius through a locked door, his murder trial heard. Police ballistic expert Captain Christiaan Mangena told Pretoria's High Court the ...

Cairo - Two Egyptian army officers were killed on Wednesday in a shootout with Islamist militants, security sources said. The exchange of gunfire erupted after an army colonel and brigadier general took part in a raid on a militant safehouse where the men ...

Kuala Lumpur: Investigators probing the disappearance of a Malaysia Airlines jetliner with 239 people on board have discounted reports the plane may have been sighted over the Maldives, Malaysia's Acting Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said.

For centuries, the health benefits of ingesting dark chocolate have been lauded. Why, however, has remained a mystery, until now. A new study by Louisiana State University (LSU) researchers, whose findings were reported at this week's 247th National ...

Lionel Messi has been breaking records like nobody's business at Barcelona, but Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo is never one to be outdone. His two goals in Real's 3-1 Champions League win over Schalke put him level with the legendary Ferenc ...

JAPANESE GAMES CONSOLE MAKER Sony has unveiled Project Morpheus, a virtual reality (VR) headset for the Playstation 4 (PS4) games console. Announced at the Games Developer Conference (GDC) in San Francisco on Tuesday, the Project ...

Back in 1977, Tommy Docherty's Manchester United finished sixth in the table, some points behind league champions, Liverpool. It was therefore predicted to be a very one sided FA Cup final when the North West rivals walked out at Wembley in front of the ...

SEVASTOPOL: Several men in plain clothes entered a building at the Ukrainian naval headquarters in the Crimean port of Sevastopol on Wednesday and were in talks with servicemen there, a Ukrainian naval spokesman said. The spokesman said there had ...

The band are ''deeply sorry and disappointed'' to announce that they've put the first leg of their '14 ON FIRE' tour on hold following the death of Sir Mick Jagger's girlfriend L'Wren Scott. A statement released on their website read: ''The Rolling Stones are ...

So this is what Google's vision for a smartwatch is and we are loving what we are seeing. Android Wear brings all the refinement of the Google's card-based design language and the power of Google Now to your wrist in what looks like a fantastic product.

tweets: Roux says accused says he fired in two short bursts. Witness says that's not consistent with wounds to Reeva. #OscarPistorius. 08:15: Defence lawyer Barry Roux is asking the witness about the shots Mr Pistorius fired. Barry Roux, lawyer for Oscar ...

"The [Israeli Defense Forces] IDF targeted several Syrian army positions which aided and abetted the attack against IDF personnel yesterday," a military statement said. A spokeswoman for the IDF later confirmed that the Israeli air force had executied the ...

Investigators probing the disappearance of a Malaysia Airlines jetliner with 239 people on board believe it most likely flew into the southern Indian Ocean, a source close to the investigation said on Wednesday. An unprecedented search for the Boeing ...

Sony has announced a virtual reality headset for the PlayStation 4 at the Game Developers' Conference (GDC) in San Francisco. Project Morpheus is the codename for the Japanese giant's prototype VR system, comprising a head-mounted display, 1080p ...

PROJECT MORPHEUS: Sony Corp unveiled a prototype for a new virtual reality headset accessory for its Playstation 4 games console on Tuesday at the annual Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, as it bids to further acceptance of the concept.

A FORENSIC audit conducted by PwC has found evidence of "something fishy" with the tender documents submitted for the lease of the Independent Electoral Commission's (IEC's) head office, and recommended that its chairwoman, Pansy Tlakula, be held ...

Four Tyler children are linked to a child pornography ring, spanning 39 states and five countries, which the Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Custom's Enforcement and other entities have busted, according to a news release. Fourteen men ...

In this Nov. 5, 2010 photo released by the Utah Highway Patrol, a Toyota Camry is shown after it crashed as it exited Interstate 80 in Wendover, Utah. Police suspect problems with the Camry's accelerator or floor mat caused the crash that left two people dead ...