MADRID: Samsung aims to take the mobile world by storm on Monday, almost certainly unveiling a new Galaxy S5 smartphone with rumoured Apple-fighting features such as a fingerprint scanner and larger screen. Samsung Galaxy S5. The top smartphone ...

Elderly Koreans from each side of the peninsula's heavily-armed border on Thursday wrapped their arms around relatives not seen since the 1950s in the first reunion of families divided by the Korean War in over three years. At the gathering at the North ...

HARARE, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Zimbabwe's long-time President Robert Mugabe, who turns 90 on Friday, once again criticized leaders fanning factionalism in his ruling Zanu-PF party to succeed him and threatened to expel them if they continued with the bad ...

Last month, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni met in his office with a team of U.S.-based rights activists concerned about legislation that would impose life sentences for some homosexual acts. South African retired Archbishop Desmond Tutu joined them ...

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.

Hyderabad: Distressed over not getting married, a man kidnapped and murdered three children of his relatives in Andhra Pradesh, police said. The charred bodies of three girls aged between four and nine years were found Thursday morning on the outskirts ...

WhatsApp, the mobile messaging app acquired over a plate of chocolate strawberries for a cool $US19 billion ($21b) on Thursday, was founded by two former Yahoo engineers, one once rejected by Facebook. As the story goes, WhatsApp co-founder Jan ...

With the deaths of at least 26 people, the escalating crisis in Ukraine could lead to western sanctions. PT2M35S http://www.theage.com.au/action/externalEmbeddedPlayer?id=d-331t2 620 349 February 20, 2014 - 7:16AM. Autoplay OnOff; Video feedback ...

New York: Social media giant Facebook will acquire mobile messaging company WhatsApp for 19 billion dollars in a cash and stock deal, the largest acquisition by the Mark Zuckerberg-led firm so far that will give it a stronghold in the market for messaging.

Arsene Wenger accused Bayern Munich of resorting to cynical tactics as 10-man Arsenal were left facing elimination from the Champions League after a 2-0 defeat against the holders. Wenger's side are on the verge of crashing out of Europe's elite club ...

ROCK star David Bowie sprinkled some Ziggy Stardust on the independence debate during last night's Brit Awards by calling for Scotland to remain part of the United Kingdom. ROCK star David Bowie sprinkled some Ziggy Stardust on the independence ...

Tesla Motors Inc. reported record sales of its Model S electric car in the fourth quarter of 2013, but posted a net loss of $16 million for the quarter, the Palo Alto-based company reported on Wednesday. The electric car company increased its revenue in the ...

In the next few months, Google will ask the cities to provide detailed reports on housing density, topography, geology and current locations of utility poles and underground conduits. Photo: Bloomberg. Google is inviting 34 US cities to begin talks on joining the ...

Police help a fellow officer injured by a grenade thrown by anti-government protesters in Bangkok. Photo: AFP. Bangkok: A Thai court has ruled that protesters on Bangkok's streets are waging a peaceful campaign a day after a grenade was thrown into a ...

SHOCKER: Facebook Inc has announced that it will purchase smartphone-messaging app company WhatsApp Inc for US$19bil in cash and stock. — AFP. Facebook has announced that it will acquire messaging service, WhatsApp for approximately US$19bil ...

Korean electronic device manufacturer, Samsung, introduced two new gadgets that it said would maintain the company's high market share in each of the device's respective markets this year. Samsung Indonesia on Tuesday and Wednesday revealed its ...

Anti-government protesters use fireworks during clashes with Interior Ministry members and riot police in central Kiev. Reuters. Christopher Miller, Kiev – 20 February 2014. The office of Ukraine's embattled president last night bowed to international pressure ...

NEW YORK, Feb 19 (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve should update its longer-term "exit strategy" for winding down its swollen balance sheet to reflect changes in the plan since it was published in 2011, a top Fed policymaker said on Wednesday.

On Valentine's Day, Facebook founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg planned on having dinner with his wife. Instead, he bought a company for $19 billion. Facebook's acquisition Wednesday of WhatsApp, a mobile messaging service that has soared ...

The violence in Ukraine struck a home in Roland Park when Marta Zahalak began hearing from relatives through email and Facebook about her late husband's nephew, a physicist who was killed after traveling hundreds of miles to Kiev for anti-government ...