JERUSALEM — An official close to the Mideast peace talks says a deal is emerging to extend the troubled negotiations. It includes the release of convicted spy Jonathan Pollard in exchange for 400 Palestinian prisoners. The official says the deal would ...

... * Euro zone, British factory PMIs dip. * China, Indonesia manufacturing PMIs hit multi-month lows. * Japan business outlook weaker as sales tax rises. By Jonathan Cable and Adam Rose. LONDON/BEIJING, April 1 (Reuters) - Major economies in Asia and ...

A new version of the final words supposedly spoken in the cockpit of missing Malaysia Airlines flight 370 before it vanished from radar has been released by Malaysia on Tuesday. The new manuscript now appears to show that the final words from the flight ...

High tide in Kiribati, an island nation seen as especially vulnerable to the effects of climate change, like rising sea levels. Credit Kadir van Lohuizen for The New York Times. Continue reading the main story. Continue reading the main story. Continue reading ...

TEHRAN, April 1 (Bernama) -- Iran on Tuesday celebrated the 35th anniversary of the establishment of the Islamic Republic, China's Xinhua news agency reported. In a referendum held from March 30 to 31 in 1979, over 98.2 per cent of Iranians voted for the ...

TEHRAN, April 1 (Bernama) -- Iran on Tuesday celebrated the 35th anniversary of the establishment of the Islamic Republic, China's Xinhua news agency reported. In a referendum held from March 30 to 31 in 1979, over 98.2 per cent of Iranians voted for the ...

Russia has announced the withdrawal of several hundred troops from the Ukrainian border but tens of thousands of soldiers still remain in the area, prompting a worried response from the Kiev government. Russia has moved quickly to strengthen its ...

Members of the District Council of the Maritime and Dockworkers' Union of Tema has sent a petition to the Speaker of Parliament, kicking strongly against the decision of the Mahama-led National Democratic Congress government to grant exclusive right to ...

Members of the District Council of the Maritime and Dockworkers' Union of Tema has sent a petition to the Speaker of Parliament, kicking strongly against the decision of the Mahama-led National Democratic Congress government to grant exclusive right to ...

France's new Prime Minister is taking office and diving straight into a huge and thankless challenge: bringing back investors, jobs and hope to Europe's second-biggest economy. Also in this section. Doubt cast on stem cell research · 3 dead, 2 missing in boat ...

This Nov. 26, 2009, file photo shows the Pikachu Pokemon balloon floating down Central Park West during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York. More April Fools' Day news. Google wants to make you a Pokémon master for April Fools' · April ...

BEIJING: China summoned the Philippines ambassador yesterday to lodge a strong complaint over Manila's seeking of international arbitration in a festering territorial dispute over the South China Sea. The Philippines filed the case against China on Sunday ...

Eating at least seven daily portions was linked to a 42% lower risk of death from all causes, 25% lower for cancer and 31% lower for heart disease or stroke. Revealed: could One can dramatically reduce the risk of death from all causes by eating seven ...

BEIJING (Reuters) – Persistent weakness in China's manufacturing sector reinforced fears of a sharper-than-expected slowdown at the start of 2014, and some government economists think authorities have already started boosting spending to put a floor ...

The safe-haven yen weakened and other riskier Asian currencies rose on Tuesday in Asia after Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen reassured investors the Fed will keep interest rates low until the economy improve more. The easing of geopolitical tensions ...

An Australian official heading the search for the missing Malaysian Airlines flight has said that the operation is the most challenging one he'd ever been a part of. 11 planes and 9 ships are part of the search operations today, Retired Air Chief Marshal Angus ...

London and Yokohama - Global warming was depleting fresh water and crops, destroying coral reefs and melting the Arctic, the UN said yesterday in a report that concluded that the world was ill-prepared to face many new threats. Climate change had ...

An explosion in Nairobi's Eastleigh estate has left several people dead and others seriously injured. ( Resource: Explosion Kills Several in Kenya's Capital. Nairobi — Five people are feared dead and eight others injured after an explosion occurred in ...

SEOUL, April 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korea is conducting a probe into an unidentified drone that fell on one of its border islands during the latest cross-border exchange of artillery fire with North Korea in the western sea, military officials said Tuesday. The drone ...

Microbes were the real culprit of mass destruction of 90% of life which took place hundreds of millions of years back on earth, said researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. On analyzing carbon dioxide levels buried in the oceanic water and ...