South Africa beat New Zealand by two runs in a dramatic finish in their crucial Group One match in the World Twenty20 in Chittagong on Monday. South Africa batsman JP Duminy plays a shot during the World Twenty20 game against New Zealand in ...

CAIRO — An Egyptian court sentenced 529 members of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood to death on Monday on charges including murder, a defence lawyer said, in a sharp escalation of a crackdown on the movement. Egyptian students from Cairo ...

CAIRO — An Egyptian court sentenced 529 members of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood to death on Monday on charges including murder, a defence lawyer said, in a sharp escalation of a crackdown on the movement. Egyptian students from Cairo ...

General Motors announced its second massive recall in two months on Monday as it works to contain a growing scandal over the safety of its vehicles. General Motors announced its second massive recall in two months, calling back 1.5 million vehicles of ...

Paris on Monday launches alternate driving days for the first time in nearly 20 years to tackle dangerous air pollution levels amid controversy on whether the ban is warranted or will yield results. Vehicles drive past an information board asking to limit their ...

At least 100 people were killed in the religiously divided centre of Nigeria this weekend, local officials said on Sunday, as tensions between Muslim-dominated herdsmen and mostly Christian farmers again turned deadly. A file picture taken on october 28, ...

The US government announced it was giving up its key role overseeing the Internet's technical operations, handing over those functions to "the global multi-stakeholder community." A man checks a mobile device during the 2014 Mobile World Congress in ...

Banned French striker Nicolas Anelka on Friday revealed he will leave West Bromwich Albion with immediate effect. In this picture taken on December 28, 2013, West Bromwich Albion's French striker Nicolas Anelka gestures as he celebrates scoring their ...

Thai authorities have identified what they believe is a link between international crime syndicates and an Iranian man who used stolen passports to order two tickets on the ill-fated Malaysian Airlines flight MH370. Immigration Bureau deputy chief Preecha ...

JAKARTA - Smog from forest and brush fires on Indonesia's Sumatra island has triggered respiratory problems in more than 30,000 people, an official said Tuesday. Haze pollution reached hazardous levels in parts of Riau province, including the capital ...

Singapore leapt five spots to top a global ranking of the most expensive cities as a stronger currency and price increases made it costlier to live in the island nation, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit. The republic beat Paris, Oslo, Zurich and Sydney, ...

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ENTEBBE, UGANDA — A controversial bill that introduces lengthy prison sentences for people who engage in homosexual acts was signed into law on Monday by Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni. The law, which has been strongly criticised by Western ...

A new temporary office has been prepared in Bangkok for caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and her cabinet, but its location is being kept secret. Caretaker Deputy Prime Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul revealed the move on Thursday.

The Pheu Thai Party on Wednesday slammed election commissioner Somchai Srisuthiyakorn over his warning that caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra could face legal trouble over a televised speech defending the cash-strapped rice-pledging ...

Standing on the top floor of the giant Ukraine Hotel on the capital's Independence Square, guests may be forgiven in thinking that the crisis currently rocking the country is yellow and blue, the national colour. A woman waves a Ukrainian flag as demonstrators ...