Google is to start building its own driverless car that will have a stop-go button but no controls, steering wheel or pedals. The vehicle is designed to look like a small city car with a "friendly face" and uses a soft foam-like material where a traditional bumper ...

Kabul: Post-2014, the Obama administration has planned to withdraw all but 9,800 US troops from Afghanistan, signalling an end to more than a dozen years of military involvement in the South Asian country that was sparked by 9/11 attacks. The crucial US ...

Kabul: Post-2014, the Obama administration has planned to withdraw all but 9,800 US troops from Afghanistan, signalling an end to more than a dozen years of military involvement in the South Asian country that was sparked by 9/11 attacks. The crucial US ...

Buy Brazilian stocks because the country is going to win the World Cup, giving a boost to the local equity market. That's according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc., whose analysts said the host nation's chances of winning the most-watched sports event this year ...

Farzana Parveen was stoned to death by her family outside a court in Pakistan. (Mohammad Tahir/Reuters). On Tuesday, a pregnant 25-year-old woman was stoned to death by her family for marrying a man she loved. The stoning took place in the middle of ...

Chinese authorities used a public rally in the violence-hit region of Xinjiang to sentence 55 people on charges including terrorism. The official Xinhua news agency said 7,000 locals and officials witnessed the mass sentencing Tuesday at a stadium in ...

President Barack Obama says 9,800 U.S. troops will remain in Afghanistan after this year, but all could be withdrawn if Afghan leaders do not sign a joint security agreement. The president laid out his plans Tuesday for withdrawing U.S. troops from ...

Taylor Swift has cancelled a gig in Thailand due to political unrest in the country. The show, which was scheduled for June 9 in the capital Bangkok, would have been the first time the singer has played in Thailand. "I'm sending my love to the fans in Thailand," ...

MELILLA, Spain (AP) — More than a thousand African migrants charged a barbed-wire border fence in Spain's North African coastal enclave of Melilla on Wednesday, with many managing to scale the barrier and cross. Dozens of others were beaten back by ...

Having so far focused on adapting existing models with its self-driving technology, the firm is set to build 100 prototype cars. 8:08am UK, Wednesday 28 May 2014. Google. A very early prototype of the self-driving car Pic: Google. Tweet ...

Nico Rosberg has expressed his shock after a driving event he was involved in left two people in hospital following an accident at the German football team's training camp in northern Italy. The 28-year-old, who leads the 2014 Formula One drivers' standings ...

Nico Rosberg has expressed his shock after a driving event he was involved in left two people in hospital following an accident at the German football team's training camp in northern Italy. The 28-year-old, who leads the 2014 Formula One drivers' standings ...

Satya Nadella made one thing clear during his first public interview since taking the reins of the software giant in February: This is Nadella's Microsoft. Nadella showed off his imprint on Tuesday night with a splashy new technology: Skype Translation.

Phuket Curfew Update Thailand's ruling military yesterday announced that it was shortening its overnight curfew to four hours, from midnight to 4 a.m. with effect from today, 28th May 2014. Up until today, all visitors and citizens had to be indoors between ...

Phuket Curfew Update Thailand's ruling military yesterday announced that it was shortening its overnight curfew to four hours, from midnight to 4 a.m. with effect from today, 28th May 2014. Up until today, all visitors and citizens had to be indoors between ...

Google is building cars that do not have steering wheels, accelerator pedals or brake pedals, in an ambitious expansion of the company's efforts to develop self-driving cars. The small electric cars are currently prototypes that Google has been building ...

Google is building cars that do not have steering wheels, accelerator pedals or brake pedals, in an ambitious expansion of the company's efforts to develop self-driving cars. The small electric cars are currently prototypes that Google has been building ...

EU heads of state and government on Tuesday night in Brussels (27 May) gave a mandate to Council President Herman Van Rompuy to start consultations in view of electing a new Commission President, leaving the door open to other options, rather than ...

EU leaders have agreed to re-evaluate the bloc's agenda after voters "sent a strong message", European Council President Herman Van Rompuy has said. Mr Van Rompuy said leaders of the 28 member states had asked him to launch consultations on future ...

LAHORE - A three-months pregnant Pakistani woman was beaten to death with bricks by members of her own family Tuesday for marrying the man of her choice, police said. Farzana Iqbal, 25, was attacked outside the Lahore High Court by more than two ...