LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 10: US actress and UN special envoy Angelina Jolie makes the opening speech with co-host Britain's Foreign Secretary William Hague (not pictured) at the start of the four-day Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict on ...

NAIROBI, KENYA: President Uhuru Kenyatta has mourned the late Sheikh Mohammed Idris, describing him as a committed religious leader who stood for what was good for the country. In his message of condolence, President Kenyatta said he was ...

At least six people were killed when a powerful storm hit Germany's western state of North Rhine-Westphalia overnight on Monday. A 50-year-old cyclist was killed by a falling tree in Cologne and three more people died in Dusseldorf when a tree fell on a ...

At least 20 women and girls were reported missing on Thursday at a nomadic settlement, Garkin Fulani, near Chibok town, Borno State, after gunmen suspected to be members of the Boko Haram staged a midday abduction. According to security personnel ...

At least 20 women and girls were reported missing on Thursday at a nomadic settlement, Garkin Fulani, near Chibok town, Borno State, after gunmen suspected to be members of the Boko Haram staged a midday abduction. According to security personnel ...

There's yet another messaging app ready to deploy into the world, and indeed Facebook accidentally sent its new offering, Slingshot, live into app stores in some markets before it was ready to launch. Needless to say, it was swiftly pulled, but not before the ...

There's yet another messaging app ready to deploy into the world, and indeed Facebook accidentally sent its new offering, Slingshot, live into app stores in some markets before it was ready to launch. Needless to say, it was swiftly pulled, but not before the ...

GWANGJU, South Korea (AP) — Hostile spectators cursing, shouting and weeping behind them, 15 crew members from the sunken South Korean ferry appeared in court Tuesday to enter pleas on charges of negligence and failing to save more than 300 ...

PS TV, which will be launched in North America and Europe at the end of the year, will synch with a Sony online store for digital content. Shawn Layden, head of Sony Computer Entertainment America, presents the PlayStation TV during a media briefing in ...

Mombasa (Kenya) (AFP) - Gunmen in Kenya's port city of Mombasa on Tuesday shot dead an influential moderate Muslim preacher who was a vocal opponent of the radical preachings of Somalia's Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab insurgents, police said. Mohamed ...

KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — A Pakistani spokesman says militants have attacked a security training facility at the Karachi airport and that a firefight is underway with the attackers. Ghulam Abbas Memon, a spokesman for the Airport Security Force, says ...

MICROSOFT HAS USED the E3 games show to shine a light on its upcoming Xbox One titles like Halo: The Master Chief Collection and Dance Central Spotlight. The firm said that the titles will come out this holiday season, and will join the just launched £349 ...

Lee Joon-seok, the captain of the sunken Sewol ferry, arrives at Gwangju District Court in Gwangju. Picture: Hyung Min-woo, Yonhap. Related Stories. Body found after Sewol ferry disaster. Gwangju, South Korea - Fifteen crew of a South Korean ferry that ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani who is in Turkey for an official visit emphasized that trade ties between Tehran and Ankara will result in better economic conditions for the regional countries. Print. Tweet. “Economic cooperation ...

A coal power plant is seen during a thunderstorm in the western city of Weisweiler June 9, 2014. REUTERS/Ina Fassbender. DUESSELDORF Germany (Reuters) - At least five people were killed in violent storms that swept Germany's most populous state late ...

Demonstrators run from teargas fired by police outside the Ana Rosa subway station during the fifth day of a metro workers' strike in Sao Paulo on Monday. Related Stories. Cops crack down on pre-World Cup protest · FIFA's €20m spend for World Cup movie ...

Kano, Nigeria (CNN) -- Suspected Boko Haram militants kidnapped at least 20 young women over the weekend in northeastern Nigeria, 8 kilometers from a town where more than 200 schoolgirls were taken nearly two months ago, local officials said Monday.

MOSCOW: Five men received long jail terms on Monday for the killing of prominent Kremlin critic Anna Politkovskaya after a trial that did not reveal who had masterminded the Russian journalist's murder. Politkovskaya, an investigative reporter who ...

Facebook announced late on Monday it had recruited PayPal president David Marcus to head up its mobile messaging business. “David is a widely respected leader in the technology industry with a track record of building great products and finding creative ...

THE rumours of Halo 2 Anniversary weren't only true, they were better than true. Master Chief will indeed return on Xbox One with a remastering of his epic 2004 sequel — arguably the most anticipated and beloved game in Xbox history — and he will hit ...