JERUSALEM: Two of the three people shot dead in an attack on the Jewish museum in Brussels were Israeli tourists, a spokesman for the Israeli foreign ministry said today. “An Israeli couple in their 50s from Tel Aviv, who were visiting Brussels as tourists, ...

MOSCOW (REUTERS) - Russia has prepared a classified document setting out actions it would take if Western nations impose further sanctions on Moscow over its involvement in Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin's top economic aide said on Friday.

MOSCOW (REUTERS) - Russia has prepared a classified document setting out actions it would take if Western nations impose further sanctions on Moscow over its involvement in Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin's top economic aide said on Friday.

MOSCOW (REUTERS) - Russia has prepared a classified document setting out actions it would take if Western nations impose further sanctions on Moscow over its involvement in Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin's top economic aide said on Friday.

Thailand's former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra reported to the kingdom's military junta on Friday, an aide said. -- PHOTO: AFP. BANGKOK (AFP) - Thailand's former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra reported to the kingdom's military junta on Friday, ...

A Ukrainian soldier stands guard next to an Armoured Personnel Carriers (APC) as a flag of Ukraine floats in the background, on the road from Izyum to Slavyansk on May 20, 2014. Ukraine confirmed on Tuesday, May 20, 2014, that Russia had pulled its ...

Beijing summoned the US ambassador and accused Washington of double standards on Tuesday, May 20, 2014, as a diplomatic row escalated over the unprecedented indictment of five Chinese military officers for cyber-espionage. -- PHOTO: REUTERS.

RIYADH (AFP) - Saudi Arabia closed its embassy in Tripoli on Monday and evacuated all its diplomats over "security" concerns in Libya, the SPA state news agency reported. The Saudi ambassador to Libya Mohammed Mahmud al-Ali told SPA the kingdom's ...

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US car safety regulator imposed a record US$35 million (S$43.8 million) fine on General Motors on Friday for its slow efforts to report faulty ignitions in its cars that contributed to at least 13 deaths. In a settlement with the National ...

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US car safety regulator imposed a record US$35 million (S$43.8 million) fine on General Motors on Friday for its slow efforts to report faulty ignitions in its cars that contributed to at least 13 deaths. In a settlement with the National ...

Rescuers carry out a dead miner on May 14, 2014 after an explosion and fire in a coal mine in the western Turkish province of Manisa killed at least 201 people and hundreds remain trapped underground. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said ...

ROME: The Italian Navy says at least 14 migrants have died after a boat carrying hundreds of people sank in international waters north of Libya. At least 200 people have been rescued, but the Navy said it is unclear how many were aboard the smugglers' ...

An Apple buy-out of hip headphone maker Beats Electronics could expand the iPhone maker's lucrative domain and play into plans for its next big thing, analysts said Friday. -- PHOTO: AFP. SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - An Apple buy-out of hip headphone ...

Enraged pro-government red shirts, in their strongholds in Thailand's north and north-east, burned coffins symbolising Constitutional Court judges on Friday, after the court disqualified Ms Yingluck Shinawatra as Prime Minister on Wednesday. The Thai ...

Enraged pro-government red shirts, in their strongholds in Thailand's north and north-east, burned coffins symbolising Constitutional Court judges on Friday, after the court disqualified Ms Yingluck Shinawatra as Prime Minister on Wednesday. The Thai ...

The Apple logo is pictured on the front of a retail store in the Marina neighborhood in San Francisco, California on April 23, 2014. Apple plans to release its new iPhone in August, a month earlier than expected, after sales were hit by new big-screen models ...

The Apple logo is pictured on the front of a retail store in the Marina neighborhood in San Francisco, California on April 23, 2014. Apple plans to release its new iPhone in August, a month earlier than expected, after sales were hit by new big-screen models ...

NEW DELHI: India's air monitoring centre Thursday dismissed data released by the World Health Organisation that showed New Delhi's air as the dirtiest worldwide, saying the finding was biased and misleading. A study of 1,600 cities across 91 countries ...

WASHINGTON (REUTERS) - US President Barack Obama on Friday called on Russia to influence pro-Russian military groups in Ukraine to stand down and said it was disgraceful that the militias were holding international observers. Mr Obama, speaking at ...

Microsoft will later this year start offering its Xbox One game console with a local partner in China, where such devices were banned for more than a decade. -- PHOTO: MICROSOFT. SHANGHAI (AFP) - Microsoft will later this year start offering its Xbox One ...