WARSAW, Poland — The Polish president's office says he plans to appoint parliament speaker Ewa Kopacz as the new prime minister on Monday and that he will swear in her new government Sept. 22. Kopacz is to succeed Donald Tusk, who resigned as ...

Earlier this week, Apple announced their mobile payment capability alongside its featured iPhone 6. Why is this significant? "...that will allow consumers to make purchases using just their phones or watches, marking the company's first big push into ...

WASHINGTON – The U.S. government threatened to fine Yahoo $250,000 a day in 2008 if it failed to comply with a broad demand to hand over user communications – a request the company believed was unconstitutional – according to court documents ...

First Minister Alex Salmond has said he is "more confident than ever" that Scotland will vote Yes to independence as the latest poll found the No campaign has moved back into a narrow lead. The latest YouGov survey of almost 1,300 people for The Times ...

Nicole Kidman's father died in Singapore on Friday, the Australian magazine for which he wrote reported. Auction bid begins at R1,000 for Michael Jackson family treasures · Khloe Kardashian addresses French Montana split · Chris Brown denies ...

FOUR people accused of orchestrating a knife attack that killed dozens of people at a Chinese train station went on trial Friday, a court said, in a case authorities blamed on separatists from largely Muslim Xinjiang. The March 1 carnage in Kunming, ...

Government and rebel forces exchanged dozens of prisoners captured during fighting in Ukraine as part of a ceasefire agreement sealed earlier this month. The transfer took place outside the main rebel stronghold of Donetsk early Friday under the watch of ...

Apple CEO Tim Cook introduces the new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus during an Apple event at the Flint Center in Cupertino, California, September 9, 2014. Reuters. What did you think, that Samsung Electronics was going to let its rivals in Cupertino, Calif.

CUPERTINO, CA - SEPTEMBER 09: Apple CEO Tim Cook announces the iPhone 6 during an Apple special event at the Flint Center for the Performing Arts on September 9, 2014 in Cupertino, California. Apple is expected to unveil the new iPhone 6 and ...

Former girlfriend of Paralympic runner Oscar Pistorius has talked about how the athlete terrorised her during her relationship with the 'angry and possessive' double amputee. Samantha Taylor said that she feared Pistorius would kill her and revealed that she ...

SYDNEY: Australia on Friday raised the terror threat level to "high" for the first time in a decade, on concerns about Australians returning from fighting in Iraq and Syria. The heightened alert after years on "medium" officially means a "terrorist attack is likely".

New Delhi: Scientists on Friday announced the discovery the world's first semiaquatic dinosaur - known as the Spinosaurus. Paleontologists found the fossil of this enormous dinosaur in Moroccan desert cliffs. Spinosaurus aegyptiacus is the only known ...

The fascination and perceived ownership of celebrity culture is, frankly, kind of disturbing at the best of times. Last week we had, arguably, one of the biggest mass leaks of the private - some nude - photos of celebrities possibly ever. Today we've gone back to ...

United States Ambassador to Fiji Frankie Reed said the release of the 45 Fijian peacekeepers in Golan Heights brought great joy and relief to all of them at the US Embassy. Reed said she commends Fiji and the international community for their perseverance ...

Ten Arab countries have agreed to help the US in its fight against the jihadist group, Islamic State (IS). After talks with US Secretary of State John Kerry in Jeddah, they pledged to provide military support and humanitarian aid, and to halt the flow of funds and ...

CHICAGO — If you think it sounds incongruous to describe the largest predatory dinosaur yet known as “half duck, half crocodile,” well, correct. But that's the phrase University of Chicago paleontologist Paul Sereno used for Spinosaurus, the Cretaceous ...

Earlier this year, Barack Obama, the unruffled strategist, coolly assessed the limitations of the Islamic State terrorist network. Wednesday night, Barack Obama, the embattled politician, declared ISIS (as the Islamic State is also called) a clear and present ...

A culpable homicide conviction is now thought to be extremely likely by those who have been in court, writes Sky's Martin Brunt. 9:05pm UK, Thursday 11 September 2014. Olympic and Paralympic track star Pistorius listens to Judge Masipa deliver her verdict ...

Scientists announced on Thursday the discovery in Moroccan desert cliffs of new fossil remains of Spinosaurus aegyptiacus, a 50-foot (15-metre) long, seven-ton African monster that breaks the mould for how a dinosaur predator looked and behaved.

NEW YORK (AP) - With the solemn toll of a bell and a moment of silence, the nation paused Thursday to mark the 13th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks at the hallowed site just hours after President Barack Obama promised to root out and destroy a new ...