BANGUI, Central African Republic – Chadian officials say they are withdrawing their peacekeepers from the regional mission in Central African Republic. The announcement comes just days after Chadian troops were accused of killing 32 civilians when they ...

FRANKFURT, April 3 (Reuters) - The European Central Bank discussed a series of unconventional policy measures, including quantitative easing, at its meeting on Thursday, ECB President Mario Draghi said. "In the course of this discussion we talked about ...

Controversy surrounds the mass shooting of protesters in Kiev which precipitated the downfall of former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych. It is clear that firearms were used by government security forces, and possibly by some opposition activists, but the ...

The outbreak of Ebola fever in Western Africa has induced the Health Ministry to issue recommendations to Israeli travelers to the areas. The viral disease, also known as Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF) begins with sudden flu-like symptoms of fever with chills, ...

Microsoft's keynote address at the Build 2014 conference saw some major announcements from the company, such as Windows Phone 8.1, Windows 8.1 Update, three new Nokia Lumia smartphones, and also, the new Internet Explorer 11. The Redmond ...

MOSCOW, April 03. /ITAR-TASS/. Russia will insist all Ukrainian political forces and regions be invited to take part in the constitutional reform, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said. “We are sure that all Ukrainian regions should have equal rights to ...

N'DJAMENA (AFP) - The Chadian government announced on Thursday that it was withdrawing from the African peacekeeping force in Central African Republic, denouncing "a wanton and malicious campaign" against its troops. The government said Chad ...

The US army is investigating whether psychological trauma was the reason a soldier carried out a deadly shooting spree at a Texas military base. The man has not been named by the army but US media have identified him as 34-year-old Ivan Lopez.

A powerful 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck northern Chile late Wednesday. President Michelle Bachelet, who had gone to the area to inspect the damage from the earlier quake, had to be evacuated from her hotel in the city of Arica. NBC News' Nick ...

FRANKFURT--The European Central Bank kept interest rates unchanged Thursday despite a recent report that inflation in the euro zone has slid far below the bank's target of just under 2%. Thursday's inaction was expected by most economists. Still, ECB ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon is making a bid to enter living rooms with Amazon Fire TV, a new streaming device that delivers online video, music and other content to televisions. The company says the $99 device has better speed, performance and search ...

PAKISTAN'S former military ruler Pervez Musharraf, who is on trial for treason, narrowly escaped an assassination attempt yesterday as a bomb went off shortly before his convoy was due to pass, police said. The bomb was planted on Mr Musharraf's route ...

image BRUSSELS: The European Parliament on Thursday appeared set to fast-track a cap on fees paid on credit card transactions, in a vote which was welcomed by consumer advocates. A plenary session of parliament sitting in Brussels voted to impose a ...

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Former military ruler Pervez Musharraf escaped a bombing early Thursday morning as he was being transferred by convoy from a hospital to his farmhouse in the Islamabad suburbs, police officials said. The bomb went off at about 2 ...

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Former military ruler Pervez Musharraf escaped a bombing early Thursday morning as he was being transferred by convoy from a hospital to his farmhouse in the Islamabad suburbs, police officials said. The bomb went off at about 2 ...

Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has survived yet another assassination attempt, this time when a bomb went off along his route home from a hospital in Islamabad. Musharraf escaped unharmed, and nobody has claimed responsibility yet.

Amazon's new black box of streaming wonders has begun shipping immediately over in the US, and yesterday we were mulling how much of a delay there might be when it comes to the device's arrival in the UK. The latest snippet of info on this front doesn't ...

“For the second time in five years, an active-duty soldier is believed to have gone on a shooting rampage at Fort Hood, killing three people Wednesday at the U.S. Army post here and wounding 16 others before turning the gun on himself, officials said,” reports ...

The European Central Bank has left a key interest rate steady at the historical low of 0.25pc despite a fall in inflation to its lowest level in more than four years. Also in this section. Kingfisher in exclusive talks to buy France's Mr Bricolage · IMF's Lagarde calls ...

IQUIQUE, Chile (AP) — Coastal residents of Chile's far-north spent a second sleepless night outside their homes early Thursday after a major aftershock rattled an area hit a day earlier by a magnitude-8.2 earthquake that caused some damage and six deaths.