Israel will pay a "high price" for launching a ground invasion of the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Hamas movement said on Thursday night. "The start of the Israeli ground attack on Gaza is a dangerous step, the consequences of which have not been calculated," ...

It's earnings time. And it's Google's turn. So it's time to see how well the search engine did in Q2 of the 2014 year. Their revenue for the quarter ending on June 30, 2014, were $15.96 billion, which is a 22% increase year over year. Q2 2013 saw a $13.11 ...

It's earnings time. And it's Google's turn. So it's time to see how well the search engine did in Q2 of the 2014 year. Their revenue for the quarter ending on June 30, 2014, were $15.96 billion, which is a 22% increase year over year. Q2 2013 saw a $13.11 ...

Manchester United players have already had a taste of Louis van Gaal's methods after the new manager, who is officially unveiled in the role on Thursday, ordered double training sessions just two days into the pre-season. Van Gaal, smiling and looking ...

The apparent shooting down of a Malaysian Airlines jet over eastern Ukraine with 295 people on board is a dramatic turn in the region's simmering crisis. Any proof that the passenger aircraft was blown out of the sky at 32,000 feet by a Russian fighter jet by ...

Microsoft confirmed it will cut up to 18,000 jobs over the next year, part of the tech giant's efforts to streamline its business under new CEO Satya Nadella. Mark Barger reports. Microsoft confirmed it will cut up to 18,000 jobs over the next year, part of the tech ...

Few Liverpool players have suffered as many rumours about whether they'll be at Anfield in the future or not than long serving defender Agger. It has taken Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers to come out and emphasise what he feels the defender continues to ...

Louis van Gaal gave little away during his first official press conference as Manchester United this afternoon. The Dutchman insisted that he was thrilled to have been given such a huge opportunity and was yet to decide who his captain would be, but did not ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has instructed military to begin a ground offensive in Gaza following a five-hour ceasefire. Fighting resumed after a rocket fired from Gaza hit southern Israel exactly as the UN-requested five-hour lull ended at 3pm ...

Minister for Youth and Sports, Mahama Ayariga, has said he understands football ruling body, FIFA, and its decision to write to the Ghana Football Association over the Presidential Commission of Inquiry but he insists that there is nothing to worry about. He explained that FIFA’s wish to know what was happening in Ghana was very ...

Sometimes there are enough cues from the proceedings on the field of play to understand what's going on behind the scenes. While allowing the International Cricket Council's law to take its course in the James Anderson and Ravindra Jadeja case, it is ...

Nothing more could be asked from an opening day at The Open Championship than the two biggest names setting out their stall alongside the world number one before a raucous audience of lucky sunbathers at Royal Liverpool. Rory McIlroy's sumptuous 66 ...

Clontarf Energy PLC and Petrel Resources PLC have said that an agreement with the Government of Ghana has been reached during legal proceedings related to their Tano 2A exploration licence in the country. The two oil and gas exploration and development companies said they have secured a deal which means that they will be provided new land next to their current acreage to replace lost land when a rival rights application by CAMAC Energy Inc overlapped their own licence. The company said that all parties

The Minister of Finance, Seth Terkper on Thursday answered urgent questions in Parliament on why his Ministry has delayed statutory payments to state agencies. In his answers to the House, the Minister defended his Ministry’s decision to hold off tax resources from the various statutory funds explaining that paying off the arrears could trigger more ...

... * Gold posts largest one-day pct gain in a month. * US crude up 2 pct on stockpile drop, Russia tensions. * Palladium at 13-1/2 year highs, wheat up 2.5 pct. By Barani Krishnan. NEW YORK, July 17 (Reuters) - Gold prices jumped their most in a month on ...

Microsoft's 14 percent staff reduction, the largest in its history and focused heavily on employees acquired from Nokia's devices and services business, has some observers thinking Satya Nadella got a bad case of Lumia-induced indigestion. Where his ...

Terming the crash of a Malaysian airliner in eastern Ukraine as a "terrible tragedy", US President Barack Obama today said officials were trying to establish if any Americans were on board. "The world is watching reports of a downed passenger jet near the ...