PARIS (AFP) - French prosecutors on Tuesday opened a judicial investigation for manslaughter following the mystery disappearance of a Malaysia Airlines plane with 239 people on board. The move by the Paris prosecutors is standard practice since four of ...

PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA - MARCH 11 (SOUTH AFRICA OUT): State prosecutor, Gerrie Nel, at the Pretoria High Court on March 11, 2014, in Pretoria, South Africa.Oscar Pistorius stands accused of the murder of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, ...

Titanfall drops today, and the reviews are pouring in across the internet (my own will be up later). Though largely positive, there seems to be a common thread running through them. Though the game is praised as mechanically great, it seems a bit…shallow.

Five stories that have North Texas talking: Edward Snowden beams into SXSW; Buc-ee's backs Dan Patrick; Greg Abbott asked to weigh in on plastic bag ban; and more. Edward Snowden beams into SXSW. The former NSA contractor, who revealed a ...

A blood test can accurately predict the onset of Alzheimer's disease, according to US researchers. They showed that testing levels of 10 fats in the blood could predict - with 90% accuracy - the risk of the disease coming on in the next three years. Their findings ...

VIENNA - The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe is sending a new team to observe military developments in tense regions of Ukraine after pro-Russian forces rebuffed previous attempts to monitor Crimea. The 57-nation organization said ...

The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has said recovery in developed economies is on track although slowing activity in big emerging markets means global growth will be only moderate at best in the near term. Exceptionally ...

It used to be that when you bought a phone, that was it. It couldn't get any better and fixing any fault in the firmware was a convoluted business. But the arrival of the smartphone brought with it easily updatable operating software with downloadable software ...

Edward Snowden has finally made a public (albeit virtual) appearance after taking thousands of secret NSA documents and providing them to journalists. Snowden appeared at the annual SXSW festival in Austin, Texas in front of many tech enthusiasts who ...

I could probably write my Titanfall review right now. I've played about fifteen hours of the game, all-told. I've finished most of one of the multiplayer "campaigns," though everyone left our server before we completed the whole run. I've ranked higher than the ...

A Malaysian police woman holds up a picture of a 19-year-old Iranian, identified by Malaysian police as Pouria Nour Muhammad Mehrdad, who boarded the now missing Malaysia Airlines jet MH370 with a stolen passport, during a press conference, Tuesday ...

A 15-year-old boy has died in hospital in Turkey nine months after a tear gas canister fired by police during a protest struck him on the head and put him in a coma, the BBC reported. Berkin Elvan was going to buy bread in Istanbul last June when he was ...

PRETORIA, South Africa -- In court testimony during the athlete's murder trial Tuesday, a friend of South African Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius offered a portrait of a young man who “loved weapons” and shouted angrily at a policeman who picked up his gun ...

LONDON — Brent oil futures rose above $108.50 a barrel on Tuesday, supported by building tension in the Ukrainian crisis as the West threatened sanctions against Russia as early as this week. But concern over demand growth in the world's two biggest oil ...

British Prime Minister David Cameron to meet with Israeli and Palestinian leaders, address Knesset • Cameron initially planned to visit Israel last month but postponed the trip to deal with floods in England. The Associated Press and Israel Hayom Staff.

The South African economy has grown steadily since 1994 but the progression has not been adequate to address the country's problems, President Jacob Zuma said on Tuesday. "The growth has been modest but has not addressed the challenge of ...

Former Nigeria midfielder Mutiu Adepoju says coach Stephen Keshi needs to include experienced forwards Ikechukwu Uche and Peter Odemwingie in his squad in order to have a balanced team at the World Cup. After watching the international friendly ...

UN calls on all parties to refrain from provocative and inflammatory rhetoric; Crimea invites observers to referendum. By DPA, Reuters and The Associated Press | Mar. 10, 2014 | 9:54 PM | 3. Tweet. Presumably Russian soldiers riding through Crimea. oldiers ...

Henry Winter – Published 11 March 2014 02:30 AM. This could be the first Champions League campaign to bear fruit following one man's strolls through the Strawberry Fields of the Big Apple. Related Articles. Kroos admits interest in Premier League move ...

Sepang, Malaysia: The search was set back by a number of false leads that seemed to underline how little investigators have been able to pin down about the progress of the flight. With so little concrete to go on so far, aviation experts explored a number of ...