SIMFEROPOL, Crimea (Reuters) - Russia will make Crimea a special economic zone offering tax breaks and reduced bureaucracy to attract investors, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Monday. "Our aim is to make the peninsula as attractive as ...

Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf, who has been indicted in the high treason case by the special court, has said he honoured the decision, but he was not a traitor. Musharraf, who has been absent from most of the hearings owing to security threats ...

SEOUL - The two Koreas traded live fire into the sea across their disputed maritime border on Monday, after Seoul said a North Korean military exercise dropped shells into South Korean waters. "Some of the shells fired by North Korea dropped in our area ...

SOUTH Africa's President Jacob Zuma will not travel to Brussels, Belgium this week for the EU-Africa summit, backing a call by President Robert Mugabe to boycott the meeting. Mugabe and his wife are the only remaining Zimbabweans on EU's travel ban of ...

ISLAMABAD: The special court constituted for the treason trial of former President General (retd) Pervez Musharraf will announce its decision on his counsel's plea to allow his client to travel abroad after 2:00 PM today (Monday). Earlier before going on break, ...

ISLAMABAD: The special court constituted for the treason trial of former President General (retd) Pervez Musharraf will announce its decision on his counsel's plea to allow his client to travel abroad after 2:00 PM today (Monday). Earlier before going on break, ...

ISLAMABAD: The special court constituted for the treason trial of former President General (retd) Pervez Musharraf will announce its decision on his counsel's plea to allow his client to travel abroad after 2:00 PM today (Monday). Earlier before going on break, ...

Apple and Samsung to renew patent battle. Updated: 18:13, Monday March 31, 2014. Apple and Samsung to renew patent battle. Apple and Samsung return to federal court in the heart of Silicon Valley on Monday for a new round in their seemingly perpetual ...

Apple and Samsung to renew patent battle. Updated: 18:13, Monday March 31, 2014. Apple and Samsung to renew patent battle. Apple and Samsung return to federal court in the heart of Silicon Valley on Monday for a new round in their seemingly perpetual ...

Workers and community members observe the one-week anniversary of the Oso landslide with a prayer and moment of silence at a fire station in Darrington, Washington. Picture: Jason Redmond. Related Stories. Another body found in US mudslide ...

It was once again a case of another day, another defeat for Tim Sherwood after he saw his side succumb to a 4-0 defeat at the hands of Liverpool, extending Spurs' horrible run against the top teams in the Premier League this season. Tottenham's ...

Australia could become a net importer of wheat under severe climate change scenarios, says the latest report from the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. But extra rainfall could boost rice and sugar cane yields. The lead authors say ...

The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 is "an extraordinarily difficult exercise" but it will go on as long as possible, Australia's prime minister said today. In Perth, Tony Abbott said although no debris had been found that could be linked to the plane, ...

In connection with South Korean President Park Geun-hye's Dresden speech, which represented a grand overture to North Korea, the South Korean government has begun reviewing follow-up measures, with meetings scheduled at all related ministries ...

SEOUL, South Korea: North and South Korea fired artillery shells into each other's waters Monday, a flare-up of animosity between the rivals that forced residents of five front-line South Korean islands to evacuate to shelters, South Korean officials said.

Flooded tracks at Grand Central Terminal after Hurricane Sandy in New York, Oct. 30, 2012. (File photo). Yokohama, Japan: Climate change is already having sweeping effects on every continent and throughout the world's oceans, scientists reported Monday, ...

All evidence points to Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 being lost in the remote Indian Ocean, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Monday, backing his Malaysian counterpart's view that the plane crashed. The flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing ...

HIGHER fuel and Road Accident Fund levies from next month may leave a sour taste, but cash-strapped consumers can breathe a little sigh of relief after Energy Minister Ben Martins scrapped the 3c/l inland transport recovery levy on Friday. With petrol prices ...

HIGHER fuel and Road Accident Fund levies from next month may leave a sour taste, but cash-strapped consumers can breathe a little sigh of relief after Energy Minister Ben Martins scrapped the 3c/l inland transport recovery levy on Friday. With petrol prices ...

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers said that Luis Suarez still had his best years ahead of him after his four goals inspired a 5-1 demolition of Norwich City at Anfield. The Uruguay international needed just 35 first-half minutes to smash a spectacular hat-trick ...