Paralympian Oscar Pistorius watches forensic expert Tom 'Wollie' Wolmarans giving evidence during his testimony at his murder trial at the high court in Pretoria today. Photograph: Themba Hadebe/EPA. Topics: News · World · Africa · Judge Thokozile ...

Three weeks after more than 200 girls were kidnapped by the Nigerian terrorist organization Boko Haram from their school in the northern Nigerian town of Chibok, momentum is building to secure their release. Tragically, however, the many shortcomings of ...

With news breaking yesterday evening of Apple's acquisition of Beats Electronics for a reported $3.2 billion, the question of whether Beats principle Dr. Dre (née Andre Young) -- who co-founded the company with Interscope boss Jimmy Iovine -- stands to ...

Lightwavemedia/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- Even after Snapchat admitted photos sent using the popular app don't disappear forever after all, experts say users still don't grasp how difficult is it to entirely erase something from the Internet. "It looks like it's gone ...

We've been expecting this for awhile, but Netflix just sent out an email to subscribers informing them that the monthly rate for new subscribers to the streaming service is bumping up a buck from $7.99 to $8.99. The short email contained a bold-faced (in red, ...

(CNN) -- At least two people were killed and more than 40 others were injured in a series of relatively minor earthquakes in southern Pakistan early Friday, the country's state-run news agency reported. Three quakes ranging in magnitude from 4.3 to 4.6 struck ...

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan speaks to the media on the situation in Chibok and the success of the World Economic Forum in Abuja May 9, 2014. Afolabi Sotunde—Reuters. President Goodluck Jonathan said he believes the schoolgirls kidnapped ...

PRETORIA, South Africa – Oscar Pistorius has sold the upmarket Pretoria home where he shot dead his girlfriend, as legal fees mounted from his lengthy murder trial that continued Friday. The Paralympian's estate agent Ansie Louw told AFP she now had a ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, and Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, left, review the Russian fleet in Sevastopol on Friday. (Reuters/Maxim Shemetov). On the day that Russia annually commemorates the country's victory in World War II, President ...

Apple (AAPL) shares are down $7.02, or 1.2%, at $580.97, following media reports last night that the company is prepared to spend $3.2 billion to buy audio startup Beats Electronics, a deal that, as I noted earlier, is receiving a rather mixed response from the ...

Oscar Pistorius returned to court in Pretoria this week after the judge adjourned the trial for a two-week break over Easter. The case restarted with defence calling two of the athlete's neighbours to describe the moment they found him carrying the body of his ...

Oscar Pistorius returned to court in Pretoria this week after the judge adjourned the trial for a two-week break over Easter. The case restarted with defence calling two of the athlete's neighbours to describe the moment they found him carrying the body of his ...

Sanaa: Yemen's defence minister and two senior security officers escaped unhurt when their convoy was ambushed yesterday by Al Qaeda militants in the south, as troops pressed an offensive against the militants in the region. The attack came amid high ...

LONDON: Amnesty International on Friday alleged that Nigerian security officials failed to act on an advance warning about a militant group's raid on a boarding school that led to the abduction of more than 300 girls. The human rights organization cited ...

Government forces battle pro-Russia separatists as Russia's Putin makes his first post-annexation visit to Crimea. Last updated: 09 May 2014 17:40. Email Article. Print Article. Share article. Send Feedback. Several people are reported to have died in some of ...

Netflix is raising its Internet video prices by $1 per month for new customers, it announced today. The firm said it will give current U.S. subscribers a two-year break from the higher rates. The changes mean anyone signing up for Netflix's video subscription ...

It might be time for Vietnamese Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong to check in with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Philippine President Benigno Aquino about how to cope with name-calling from Beijing. With Vietnamese and Chinese ships ...

Make no mistake: If Apple (AAPL) does buy the Beats Electronics headphone empire for $3.2 billion, it will be a huge windfall for two music industry veterans—co-founders Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine—who until recently had little expertise in hardware, ...

Major nations help with search for teenagers taken by Boko Haram but many fear response is too late. Abubakar Shekau, leader of extremists Boko Haram, claims in a video responsibility for the abduction of teenage schoolgirls. Photo / AP. The grinning ...

MARIUPOL, Ukraine — Ukrainian security forces wielding rocket-propelled grenades attacked a police station in this city of half a million on Friday, reducing the building to smoldering rubble and killing at least seven people, according to local residents who ...