EMC Corp. (NYSE: EMC), under recent activist pressure, is considering merging with a rival, according to reports late Sunday from the Wall Street Journal. EMC and HP (NYSE: HPQ) held on-again off-again talks over the past year, although those talks ...

Smokes rises from an area due to clashes between Sunni militiamen and Hawthi Shiite rebels in Sanaa, Yemen, Sunday, Sept. 21, 2014. Yemen's top security body imposed an overnight curfew in restive areas of the capital, Sanaa, on Saturday after Shiite ...

FILE - In this Wednesday, July 31, 2013, file photo, a worker levels the coal on a freight train in Taiyuan in northern China's Shanxi province. Spurred chiefly by China, the United States and India, the world spewed far more carbon pollution into the air last year ...

Cairo: At least six Egyptian army personnel were killed today when a military aircraft crashed due to sudden technical error during a training exercise in southern Cairo. The aircraft crashed in the Kom Oshim area of Fayoum governorate, about 100 kilometer ...

It appears the celebrity hackers are back and have revealed nude photos of Kim Kardashian, Rihanna and others online in the latest round of leaks. The leaks appeared early Sunday morning on 4chan and Reddit, which also included alleged nude photos of ...

KABUL (Reuters) - Former finance minister Ashraf Ghani was named Afghanistan's president-elect on Sunday after he signed a deal to share power with his opponent, ending months of turmoil over a disputed election that destabilized the nation as most ...

Push for simultaneous changes to English law prompts vow from Brown that 'promises will be upheld'. British Prime Minister David Cameron. Photo / AP. Labour has launched a ferocious fightback against Tory (Conservative) attempts to link the timetable for ...

Thousands of Russians marched in protest against the armed conflict in Ukraine on Sunday in the first major anti-war rally since the start of the standoff between Kiev and pro-Russian rebels. The armed conflict, which Kiev and the West blame on Russia's ...

A large group of Japanese business leaders will start a six-day visit to China from tomorrow in hopes of building closer economic ties between the two neighbours and improving soured bilateral relations. The visit comes as Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo ...

Cheer India to Mars on Indian space agency's Facebook page and win exclusive collectibles, said ISRO Saturday. With India's ambitious Mars Orbiter Mission on a crucial phase, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on its Facebook page has ...

Dutch experts examine the area of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 plane crash in the village of Hrabove (Grabovo), some 80km east of Donetsk, on Aug. 2, 2014. © AFP. Tweet. SEE ALSO. Financial Times: Withdrawal of foreign fighters to bolster Ukraine truce.

The First Information Report (FIR) of Dr Hafiz Muhammad Shakeel Auj's killing has been filed in Aziz Bhatti Police Station was filed on Friday. Dr. Hafiz Muhammad Shakeel Auj was the Dean of Islamic Studies department at Karachi University. He was ...

Scotland's independence vote is too close to call, but the owners of hotels, pubs and restaurants are already jubilant as thousands of journalists and tourists descended on the ancient streets of Edinburgh. As Scots cast their ballots in Thursday's vote, which ...

On Wall Street, all eyes are looking to China. The e-commerce giant Alibaba is expected to set an IPO price between $66 and $68 a share. Alibaba stock begins trading tomorrow on the New York Stock Exchange. It could be the richest IPO ever, raising more ...

China and India signed a series of big business deals yesterday as President Xi Jinping wrapped up talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi that were overshadowed by a border dispute. Beijing pledged to invest US$20 billion over the next five years ...

Islamic State militants released a new video Thursday, showing captive British journalist John Cantlie speaking directly to the camera about the mission of the extremist group that's holding him hostage. In what is presumably a scripted statement, Cantlie says ...

Life on earth is set to become even more cheek-by-jowl than previously thought, a report by a team of scientists and statisticians warned last night. The study, by researchers from the University of Washington and the United Nations, says there is an 80 per ...

As people download iOS 8, Apple's new operating system, they'll notice some fun new features, like voice texting and a hands-free Siri. But Apple says there is a less noticeable change, which it seems to be proud of: It can no longer access your data.

Kiev: European football`s top officials said Thursday they wanted to resolve whether or not Crimean clubs can play in Russia or Ukraine within a month, even as Kiev called for sanctions against Moscow. Russia annexed the Ukrainian Black Sea peninsula in ...

At first, there was a single Kindle Fire tablet. Then Amazon decided they needed a bigger, better tablet at a more premium price point. This time around, they've decided that smaller and cheaper is the way to go. Amazon's just unveiled their 2014 Fire tablet ...