United States Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday called for Chinese support in pushing North Korea towards denuclearisation, even as he urged Beijing to take steps to address recent tensions over maritime disputes in the South and East China Seas.

Talmon Marco denied his company was in acquisition talks, three days before announcing $900 million deal with Rakuten. Capture FORTUNE -- When news breaks that a company is in talks to be acquired, we all wait with baited breath to see what the ...

Italy's political stability has just gone from bad to worse. It has been almost six years since Italians have had a leader they actually voted for, and their next one will again be chosen by the president, not the people. In 2008, the last time the Italian populace ...

France says it will send an additional 400 troops to help fight escalating violence in the Central African Republic. A statement from the office of President Francois Hollande also calls on the European Union to speed up deployment of a promised 500 troops to ...

PARIS—France is sending 400 more troops to the Central African Republic, days after United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon sounded an alarm about spiraling violence there. French President François Hollande said the decision followed an appeal ...

Syrian government and opposition delegates in Geneva said peace talks have reached an impasse, with no progress on ending the three-year civil war.. United Nations mediator Lakhdar Brahimi met separately Friday with the Syrian government delegation ...

Do you remember your first love? Google is celebrating Valentine's Day with real love stories in the format of popular radio show “This American Life.” Friday's Google Doodle is of the iconic Valentine's Day candy hearts with messages like “First Kiss” and ...

BANGKOK — Thai riot police reclaimed a main Bangkok thoroughfare yesterday that has been occupied for months by demonstrators seeking to topple Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, and said they would move to seize other protest sites in coming days.

BEIJING -- They may not agree on much, but China, Japan, South Korea and the United States appear to share one common interest – to prevent North Korea's nuclear weapons from destabilizing Asia. Yet as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry makes a ...

(CNN) - Facebook is giving you even more options for choosing your gender for your profile. It used to be you had to choose between male or female, but now you can also pick the custom button, which includes 50 additional options. Among the new options ...

Celebrity Olympics sprinter Oscar Pistorius, who faces a murder trial in March for shooting his supermodel girlfriend three times, has issued a Valentine's message of sorrow and regret about what he calls a “devastating accident.” Skip to next paragraph.

(CNN) -- France will send 400 additional troops to bolster its forces currently stationed in the volatile Central African Republic, the Elysee Palace announced Friday. The former colonial power in the Central African Republic, France deployed 1,600 personnel ...

Paris: France plans to increase the number of troops it has deployed in the Central African Republic, a French source said on Friday. The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity following a meeting on the matter at the Elysee presidential palace, did not ...

Indonesian soldiers evacuated ash-covered residents in Malang, East Java province, on Friday, moments after Mount Kelud erupted. Authorities have been trying to evacuate villages within 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) of the peak--about 200,000 people in all.

Japanese ecommerce giant Rakuten will slurp messaging app Viber for $900m in cash as it continues its plans for world domination. The firm behind Play.com offers services from shopping to online video and is now adding messaging and VoIP to its ...

When Oscar Pistorius was granted bail in February 2013 shock was expressed from many quarters, resulting in allegations in the media that Pistorius received special treatment due to his celebrity status. This sense of public consternation seemed to heighten ...

The familiar Google logo has been replaced with six multi-colored candy hearts with a special surprise. 0shares. Google Vday Doodle. Google is getting into the Valentine's Day spirit with a homepage doodle celebrating real-life stories of romance. Those who ...

Oscar Pistorius, the Olympic sprinter who stands accused of murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp a year ago today, issued a statement on the anniversary describing her fatal shooting as an accident. "No words can adequately capture my feelings about ...

The lure of instant messaging has triggered a huge payday for the founders of Viber, a Skype-like app, after Japan's Rakuten paid an eye-watering $900 million (£538 million) for the three year old company. Rakuten, an internet retailer, argued that acquiring a ...

Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten Inc., controlled by billionaire Hiroshi Mikitani, will buy call and messaging app provider Viber Media Inc. for $900-million in a deal that would more than double the number of users in its digital empire. Viber is one of the ...