LOS ANGELES - Hollywood actor Robin Williams, found dead this week after an apparent suicide, was suffering from depression and the early stages of Parkinson's disease, his wife said. US actor Robin Williams arrives for the European premiere of "Happy ...

Apple CEO Tim Cook is the latest Silicon Valley chief to take the “ice bucket challenge.” The ice bucket challenge is part of a campaign to promote awareness of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), the neurodegenerative disorder better known in the U.S. as ...

Pope Francis takes part in a mass in front of thousands of followers at Daejeon World Cup Stadium on Aug 15, 2014. Pope Francis met relatives of South Korea's ferry disaster on Friday as 45,000 people packed into a sports stadium for a mass on the first ...

The embattled chief of Ferguson police was barracked on a walkabout in the crowd protesting the death of black teenager Michael Brown by chants of: 'What's his name? What's his name?' Jon Belmar was screamed at by the crowd who wanted to know the ...

EU ministers convene in Brussels on Friday (Aug 15) in a rare summertime meeting to seek unanimous approval for the shipment of arms to Iraqi Kurds fighting Islamic State jihadists. PHOTOS. European flags fly at the entrance of the EU Commission ...

WHILE government has tried to convince the public that it is on high alert following the Ebola outbreak that has wreaked havoc in West Africa, the state of the country's major health facilities tells a different story. Wongai Zhangazha. Although the government ...

ACTOR Michael J. Fox has spoken of his shock over the revelation that Robin Williams was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease shortly before his suicide. Fox, 53, has been battling the disease since the early 1990s. The Back to the Future star told his Twitter ...

BERLIN/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Euro zone economic growth ground to a halt in the second quarter as Germany's economy shrank and France's stagnated. The zero growth reported by statistics agency Eurostat on Thursday was cause for alarm throughout ...

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has given up his fight to retain power and now supports his replacement, Haider al-Abadi. File picture: Thaier Al-Sudani. Baghdad - Nuri al-Maliki finally bowed to pressure within Iraq and beyond on Thursday and stepped ...

We've all seen it, and many of you have probably done it. Many celebrities, politicians and even priests have done it. There is a great amount of good that comes about from furthering awareness of such a terrible disease. Since July 29th, $5.5 million has been ...

Do you think the Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) provides an outdated form of education in Pakistan and needs an overhaul? Yes. No. Don't know. Do you think the Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) provides an outdated form of ...

US drinks giant Coca-Cola has bought a 16.7% stake in Monster Beverage in a cash deal, as it looks for growth away from fizzy drinks. In the $2.15bn (£1.3bn) deal, Coca-Cola will transfer its worldwide energy business to Monster. In exchange, Monster will ...

Berkshire Hathaway share price has surpassed and closed above US$200,000 (NZ$235,000) for the first time, the latest milestone for a company that Warren Buffett has built over nearly five decades into what some analysts view as a microcosm of the US ...

Nouri al-Maliki performed a belated service to his country Thursday by resigning as Prime Minister. His decision spares Iraq from a crippling and potentially violent confrontation with his anointed successor, Haider al-Abadi, and offers Baghdad a fresh chance ...

Nouri al-Maliki performed a belated service to his country Thursday by resigning as Prime Minister. His decision spares Iraq from a crippling and potentially violent confrontation with his anointed successor, Haider al-Abadi, and offers Baghdad a fresh chance ...

Why aren't the “Expendables” movies being released directly to gyms? They're testosterone-fueled time-passers requiring only a vague interest in seeing countless enemies shot and buildings/trucks/helicopters exploded. If you go to the bathroom and come ...

Obama said today there was no place in America for police brutality but appealed for 'peace and calm' on the streets of Ferguson, Missouri following the cop shooting of Michael Brown. The President has ordered the FBI and Department of Justice to conduct ...

Some 45,000 Yazidi refugees have finally been able to escape from Mount Sinjar after U.S. air strikes and a fightback by Kurdish forces appeared to have broken the ten-day siege by Islamic militants. But a small band of Iraqis stranded on the barren mountain ...

US President Barack Obama today said that the successful American military air strikes and humanitarian mission in the last few days has broken the Islamic State's seize of Iraq's Sinjar mountain where thousands of refugees were trapped. "The situation on ...

Ukraine sent aid to the country's war-torn east as Russia said the two sides discussed the need to deliver emergency supplies after a convoy sent by Moscow stopped short of the border with rebel-held areas. Russian President Vladimir Putin, whose country ...