Attackers armed with knives reportedly set upon crowds outside a train station in Urumqi before detonating explosives. 8:48pm UK, Wednesday 30 April 2014. Urumqi bomb blast. Video: China Train Station 'Terror Attack'. Enlarge Urumqi. The attack is in the ...

Hoskins, who was best known for roles in The Long Good Friday and Who Framed Roger Rabbit, has died of pneumonia at the age of 71. His agent said he died on Tuesday in hospital, surrounded by family. “We are devastated by the loss of our beloved Bob ...

An explosion has rocked a railway station in China's restive far-western region of Xinjiang, and the state broadcaster said three people were killed and 79 people were injured. CCTV said assailants attacked crowds with knives and set off explosions at the ...

Senator Ahmed Zanna, representing Borno North during the senate meeting on the abduction of over 200 Government Girls said, a situation where Nigerians are no longer confident in the willingness of its army to defend its territorial integrity was tragic and ...

America's economic growth rate collapsed in the first quarter to a stunningly slow annualized rate of 0.1 percent. Winter weather was one major reason for the unexpectedly poor number, but the sharp downshift also raises questions about important segments ...

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is the headliner at his social network's giant developer event in San Francisco, which kicked off Wednesday. The so-called F8 Developer Conference is Facebook's first since 2011. Tune in here for LIVE updates from the event ...

Bob Hoskins could play tough or vulnerable — often both at once — and much else in between. Postmedia's Jay Stone picks five memorable roles: Mona Lisa (1986): Hoskins plays an ex-con given the job — by frightening crime boss Michael Caine — of ...

Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) is never going to kill Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB). That much is clear from the earnings report the company released on Tuesday afternoon after the market closed on Wall Street. The company's user base is no longer growing as ...

Women-protest-Chibok-girls-abduction Nigerian women in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, on Wednesday defiled the rains to stage a protest, registering their anger over the continued detention of over 200 Nigerian girls by the Boko Haram sect. The girls ...

Women-protest-Chibok-girls-abduction Nigerian women in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, on Wednesday defiled the rains to stage a protest, registering their anger over the continued detention of over 200 Nigerian girls by the Boko Haram sect. The girls ...

LONDON — Bob Hoskins never lost his Cockney accent, even as he became a global star who charmed and alarmed audiences in a vast range of roles. Short and bald, with a face he once compared to "a squashed cabbage," Hoskins was a remarkably ...

The 'Monuments Men' actor - whose engagement to the human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin was announced this week - visited Dubai to meet the brunette beauty's family in March and bonded with her siblings during a yacht excursion. A source told ...

This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies. Learn More. Nigeria Metro Live Updates:Nigerians Condemn Abduction of School Girls; #BringBackOurGirls Protest (PHOTOS). Discussion in 'Metro News' started by ...

An mother cries out during a demonstration with others who have daughters from the Government Girls Secondary School in the Chibok area of northeastern Borno state. Photo / AP. Nigerian parents lashed out yesterday at the Government's failure to rescue ...

President Bashar al-Assad is using chemical weapons against civilian targets in Syria, a scientific analysis of samples taken from multiple gas attacks has shown. In the first independent testing of its kind, conducted for the Daily Telegraph, soil samples from ...

Samsung, Lenovo, and other major players saw much higher growth in shipments, according to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. by Lance Whitney · @lancewhit; April 30, 2014 9:52 AM PDT. comments. 0. facebook. twitter. linkedin.

U.S. economic growth tumbled in the first quarter of 2014, as the gross domestic product, or GDP — the sum total of goods and services produced in the United States — grew at merely 0.1%, according to new data released today from the Bureau of Economic ...

The threat of resistance to antibiotics is for real, says a WHO report released on Wednesday. Advertisement. The report, Antimicrobial resistance: global report on surveillance, notes that resistance is occurring across many different infectious agents but the ...

The threat of resistance to antibiotics is for real, says a WHO report released on Wednesday. Advertisement. The report, Antimicrobial resistance: global report on surveillance, notes that resistance is occurring across many different infectious agents but the ...

The NBA's decision to ban Donald Sterling for life was met with praise at Los Angeles City Hall, which continues to target the L.A. Clippers owner. "Today we feel like justice has begun to be served,” Mayor Eric Garcetti said. The L.A. City Council on Tuesday ...