Russian ace Maria Sharapova battled back from one game from defeat to beat Spain's Garbine Muguruza 1-6, 7-5, 6-1 in the quarterfinals to reach the French Open semi-finals. The former world number one will now face Canadian Eugenie Bouchard, who ...

Three-hundred days. That's how long a private contractor will have to cover a remote area of the Indian Ocean a little smaller than the country of Sri Lanka where officials believe missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 ended up. The timeframe for the planned ...

Google routinely publishes reports to establish transparency into how often responds to data requests from law enforcement agencies, but its latest update pertains more to industry competitors. The Internet giant issued a memo on Tuesday -- a reminder to ...

YouTube logos displayed on a laptop screen partially covered with Turkey's national flag in this photo illustration taken in Ankara March 27, 2014. Photo: Reuters. Move follows court ruling that ban on video sharing site breaches right to freedom of speech.

U.S. State Department Deputy Spokesperson Marie Harf speaks during a press briefing in Washington. AA Photo. Washington June 3 dismissed Prime Minister Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan's accusations targeting CNN International correspondent Ivan Watson over ...

Malaysia Airlines plane ceased satellite transmissions and vanished on March 8 with 239 people on board. (AP). Summary'Noise', sighting detected off India's southern tip, say search teams looking for Malaysia Airlines MH370.

Two 12-year-old American girls, charged as adults and facing up to 65 years jail time for trying to stab a friend to death, were inspired by a fictional character, local media reported on Tuesday. The two pre-teens, fans of a horror story website, had planned the ...

Netherlands manager Louis van Gaal expects Robin van Persie to hit peak fitness for the start of the World Cup. Manchester United striker Van Persie is hoping to get back to his best in Brazil after a frustrating and injury-hit season at Old Trafford.

Sachithra Senanayake 'Mankaded' Jos Buttler to spark a new controversy. Nishad Pai Vaidya asks why the 'Spirit of the Game' bars the players from effecting such a dismissal? Cricket is well and truly a batsman's game in the modern era. The laws do favour ...

Today is the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre. How has China changed over the last quarter century? The economy has grown massively… 1989. $0.3 tr. Today. $8.2 tr. Today China's economy is 24 times the size it was in 1989.

Today is the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre. How has China changed over the last quarter century? The economy has grown massively… 1989. $0.3 tr. Today. $8.2 tr. Today China's economy is 24 times the size it was in 1989.

Egyptians gather in Tahrir square to celebrate former Egyptian army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's victory in the presidential vote in Cairo, June 3, 2014. (Reuters). Tweet. Text size A A A. Wednesday, 4 June 2014. U.S. President Barack Obama said on ...

Kiev: The first batch of 500 Indian students has arrived safely in Kiev from Ukraine's restive eastern region of Lugansk and will be returning to India after the Indian mission facilitated their evacuation. According to external affairs ministry spokesperson Syed ...

AMMONNEWS - By R.B. Sinclair - Thousands of people lined up at 9100 polling centers to vote for the next President of Syria. Opposition groups declared that anyone who ventures out to vote will be a targeted. On May 23rd, the Free Syria Army bombed an ...

Apple made some major changes to how Mac users will be using its devices. Chief among them is Continuity, which Apple sees as a magic weapon to take on Android, Windows and every other platform. There are other elements in the equation too, such as ...

HULK-PANAMA GOIANIA, June 4 – World Cup hosts Brazil strolled to a 4-0 win over Panama in their penultimate warm-up Tuesday, with goals from Neymar, Daniel Alves, Hulk and Willian securing the win which barely satisfied their coach. After a tentative ...

A file photograph of students from a Chinese school praying for passengers onboard missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. Australia has started the process of finding a private contractor to take over the hunt for the missing plane after three months of ...

Oxfam activists wear masks depicting leaders of the G7 members: (L-R) French president Francois Hollande; Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi; British prime minister David Cameron; German chancellor Angela Merkel; US president Barack Obama; ...

This photo taken on May 26, 2014 shows passengers queuing up outside a subway station to go through a security check before entering the station in Beijing. Beijing has begun a series of measures to tighten its security. Beijing: Hundreds of international ...

Former army Chief, Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has been declared the new president of Egypt, beating his challenger, left-winger Hamdeen Sabahi, with 96.9 percent votes. The retired field marshal overthrew President Mohammed Morsi last July and has been in a ...