By Dave Smith Sony's calling it the "slimmest and lightest waterproof tablet" out there, but even with that monsoon-shrugging IP65/68 certification distinction removed, the Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact would be one of the most-svelte slates out there regardless.

THE HAGUE: Dutch air crash investigators said Tuesday an initial report into what brought down flight MH17 in Ukraine will be released "this week or the next." Of the 298 passengers killed when the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 exploded over strife-torn ...

NEW DELHI: The India-Japan civilian nuclear deal may not be sealed during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's trip to Japan that begins on Saturday although discussions are on to bridge the core differences between the two sides over the proposed treaty, ...

SAN FRANCISCO: Amazon.com Inc snapped up live-streaming gaming network Twitch Interactive for about $970 million in cash, reflecting Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos' resolve to transform Amazon into an Internet destination beyond its core retail ...

SAN FRANCISCO/TOKYO : Sony Corp's PlayStation Network was back online on Monday following a cyber attack that took it down over the weekend, which coincided with a bomb scare on a US commercial flight carrying a top Sony executive. Sony said on ...

NEW DELHI: With the losses of state-run oil marketers on diesel sales below cost falling to under a rupee per litre, brokerage firm Goldman Sachs on Tuesday estimated the monthly price hikes would end after September assuming oil prices remain around ...

WASHINGTON: US military aircraft have carried out 35 air strikes against Islamic State militants in Iraq over the past three days, destroying more than 90 targets, the Pentagon said Monday. The strikes marked the most intensive US bombardments of IS ...

By Megha Reddy ...And charity begins with a bucketful of ice and dollops of fun. And when the challenge is taken by world's top CEOs, celebs and sportspeople, the kitty grows to millions. It's The Ice Bucket Challenge we are talking about. The challenge ...

By Aditya Sinha Prime Minister Narendra Modi's decision to call off the foreign secretary talks with Pakistan that was scheduled for next Monday aims at telling the separatists in Kashmir that either you're with India or you're not, and that there is no third (or ...

ISLAMABAD: Opposition leader Imran Khan's political party today decided to withdraw its representatives from the National Assembly and all provincial assemblies except Khyber Pakhtunkhwa where it is in government, stepping up pressure on the Nawaz ...

WASHINGTON: The US air campaign in Iraq against jihadist militants from the so-called Islamic State continued Wednesday with a drone strike on an armed truck west of the Yazidi town of Sinjar, the military said. US Central Command, which oversees ...

BUENOS AIRES: Argentina's bond and stock markets and peso currency dropped on Thursday after Latin America's No. 3 economy defaulted for the second time in 12 years following the collapse of last-ditch talks with holdout creditors. The default came after ...

NEW DELHI: US Secretary of State John Kerry said Thursday the US is "excited" about what Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants to do for the people of India and they are all looking forward to a "terrific" meeting between Modi and US President Barack ...

SINGAPORE: Brent crude nudged lower but held above $107 a barrel on Wednesday, with a global oil glut keeping prices in check despite geopolitical tensions threatening supplies from key oil producing regions. The European Union threatened Russia with ...

SINGAPORE: Brent crude nudged lower but held above $107 a barrel on Wednesday, with a global oil glut keeping prices in check despite geopolitical tensions threatening supplies from key oil producing regions. The European Union threatened Russia with ...

SINGAPORE: Brent crude held steady above $107 a barrel on Tuesday, with worries over escalating geopolitical tension balanced by expectations of large draws in US oil stockpiles. Speculators mostly kept on the sidelines, with light volumes across most ...

SAN FRANCISCO: Google on Thursday reported that its quarterly profit rose with a jump in revenue and released word that its chief business officer was leaving the company. High-profile executive Nikesh Aurora took a moment on the earnings call to thank ...

MUMBAI: The Indian markets are witnessing a pull-back rally even as the sentiment in global markets turned bearish following US Federal Reserve Chairman Janet Yellen's speech on the economy. The Nasdaq Composite and S&P 500 ended in the red.

SHANGHAI: Chinese media on Wednesday hailed the creation of the BRICS development bank, to be based in Shanghai, blaming Western countries and multilateral agencies for flaws in the global financial system. At a summit in Brazil, the BRICS group of ...

NEW DELHI: Tech giants Apple and IBM today announced their partnership for creating business apps and cloud services, among others, for iPhones and iPads. The agreement will also allow the New York-based software maker to sell iPhones and iPads ...