Cyprus's parliament passed a controversial privatisation bill hours before a deadline to receive the next tranche of a 10-billion-euro international bailout. PHOTOS. A general view of parliament in Nicosia. (AFP/Yiannis Kourtoglou). Enlarge; Caption. NICOSIA: ...

US President Barack Obama's national security team met to weigh policy options after Russia's parliament endorsed military action in Ukraine. PHOTOS. US President Barack Obama speaks about Ukraine in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White ...

Egypt's military-installed authorities named a former member of ousted strongman Hosni Mubarak's ruling party as prime minister on Tuesday ahead of a presidential election expected to bring the army chief to power. PHOTOS. A file picture of Ibrahem ...

LG will launch its first smartwatch in 2014, tapping into the nascent market for wearable devices seen as the mobile industry's new source of growth. PHOTOS. LG Communication CEO Park Jong-Seok unveils LG's new smartphone in New York on August 7, ...

South Africa moved into a strong position on the third day of the second Test against Australia at St George's Park but lost one of their four specialist bowlers. PHOTOS. South Africa's batsman Hashim Amla plays a shot from Australia's cricketer Ryan Harris ...

Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui summoned US charge d'affaires Daniel Kritenbrink to protest President Barack Obama's meeting with the Dalai Lama, state media reported. PHOTOS. Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui (AFP/Daniel Barry).

Thousands of riot police were deployed in the Thai capital on Friday to clear areas occupied for weeks by opposition protesters seeking to force Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra from office. PHOTOS. Thai police remove truck tires and sandbags from an ...

Hundreds more homes risked being swamped by floods in southeast England on Tuesday after the River Thames burst its banks and one of the country's busiest rail routes was severely disrupted. PHOTOS. A resident is transported by boat to homes affected ...

Switzerland's knife-edge decision to curb immigration from the EU raises major problems, heavyweight Germany warned on Monday, as Swiss authorities moved to limit the damage to ties with the 28-nation bloc. PHOTOS. Women pass by election placards in ...