UN Security Council to vote on arms embrgo on South Sudan

The UN Security Council will vote today on whether to impose an arms embargo and sanctions on South Sudan, but diplomats said they expected the measur...

Australian police foil planned terror attack on Christmas Day

Australian police says they have foiled a terror attack planned for Melbourne on Christmas Day and five men were arrested in early-morning raids today...

29 killed in Turkish air strikes in Syria

At least 29 civilians including eight children were killed in Turkish air strikes on an Islamic State group bastion in northern Syria yesterday. Syria...

Kuwait ex-MP gets new jail term for Saudi insult

KUWAIT CITY: A Kuwaiti appeals court on Thursday sentenced former lawmaker Abdulhameed Dashti to 10 years in jail in absentia for insults against Saud...

US charges Pakistani exec in $140 million fake diploma scheme

NEW YORK CITY: The executive of a Pakistani company was charged in a US federal court on Wednesday for his part in an alleged $140 million “fake-diplo...

At least 140 buildings on fire in wind-swept blaze in Japan

TOKYO: A fire whipped by high winds has spread to at least 140 buildings in a small Japanese city on the Japan Sea coast.The fire department says the ...

Passenger removed from flight after confrontation with Ivanka Trump

NEW YORK: A passenger was removed from a JetBlue Airways Corp. plane at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport on Thursday after verbally ac...

'Even US Would Think Twice Before Messing With Us': Chinese Media To India

Beijing:  China's official media today warned India against using the Dalai Lama "card", saying New Delhi should stop behaving like a "spoilt kid...

A Supervolcano Caused The Largest Eruption In European History. Now It's Stirring Again.

The Italian name for the caldera - Campi Flegrei, or "burning fields"- is apt. The 7.5-mile-wide cauldron is the collapsed top of an ancient volcano, ...

Trump creates new trade body within White House

US President-elect Donald Trump has created a new trade body within the White House that would report directly to him and roped in an economist and a ...

PREDICTION: The internet will shut down for 24 hours next year

It's December, that time of the year when many industry experts make all sorts of predictions for the year ahead. But one prophecy caught Business Ins...

14-Turkish soldiers killed in fighting against IS in Syria

In Syria, at least 14 Turkish soldiers have been killed and 33 wounded in fierce fighting against Islamic State terror group in the town of al-Bab, wh...

Volcano Eruption In Aleutian Islands Sparks Aviation Alert

The Alaska Volcano Observatory has issued its highest level of alert for aviation after what it says was a brief eruption of a volcano on the Aleutian...

Berlin Truck Attack: Germany 'Tense' Amid Manhunt for Terror Suspect

BERLIN — Detectives hunting the terrorist behind the deadly truck attack on a crowded Christmas market in Berlin have received more than 500 tips but ...

Zuckerberg builds software butler-Jarvis-for his home

Mark Zuckerberg's artificial intelligence-imbued software "butler" -- named Jarvis -- is now in service, and even plays with his family, the Facebook ...

Hong Kong decides to withdraw visa-free entry facility for Indians

The Hong Kong, a special administrative region of China, has withdrawn the visa-free facility for Indians and they will now have to complete a pre-arr...

Turkey, Russia probing envoy murder at Ankara gallery

Investigators from Turkey and Russia are hunting for clues in the assassination of Russia's ambassador to Turkey in front of stunned onlookers at a ph...

11 killed in deadly clashes in DR Congo

At least 11 people died as gunfire erupted during protests in Democratic Republic of Congo against longtime President Joseph Kabila, who is refusing t...

29 people killed in explosion in Mexico city

A massive explosion gutted Mexico's biggest fireworks market, killing at least 29 people and injuring 70, authorities said.The conflagration, in the s...

Haramain train only 10 km of tracks away from completion

MAKKAH — Work on only 10 km of track has to be completed before the Haramain high-speed train will be ready for operation, according to the project’s ...

Insane Explosion killed at least 29 in Mexico fireworks blast; 72 injured

At least 29 people died Tuesday in an explosion at a fireworks market in the city of Tultepec, the governor of the State of Mexico, Eruviel Avila, tol...

Uber's Loss Exceeds $800 Million in Third Quarter on $1.7 Billion in Net Revenue

Ride-hailing company's annual loss may hit $3 billion by year's endEven as Uber Technologies Inc. exited China, the company's financial loss has remai...

Samsung claims sleek new laptops are lightest on market, at just 1.8lbs

Samsung may not be keeping its PC division around too much longer—the company stopped selling PCs in Europe a few years ago, and rumors abound that it...

World War 3 is about to Begin: 120 Countries Amassing Troops! (MEDIA BLACKOUT)

BERLIN ATTACK: Suspect who allegedly plowed into German Christmas market crowd killing 12 reportedly refugee from Pakistan

The man believed to have driven a truck into a crowded Christmas market in Berlin Monday evening had come to Germany as a refugee from Pakistan this p...

5.4 magnitude earthquake hits Ecuador; 2 killed

A series of moderate earthquakes rattled northwestern Ecuador before dawn Monday, causing two deaths, injuring 20 people and damaging dozens of struct...

China returns seized underwater drone to US

China has returned an underwater drone seized from the United States in the South China Sea after the incident sparked a dispute between the glob...

IMF's Lagarde found guilty of negligence

IMF head Christine Lagarde today was found guilty of negligence by a French court over a massive payout to a tycoon when she was finance minister, but...

Police Officer Guns Down Russian Ambassador In Turkey

A gunman in Turkey wearing a business suit and tie opened fire Monday on Russia's ambassador, killing the diplomat and wounding several others at phot...

How China's richest man is buying up the world

Wang Jianlin is Asia's wealthiest person and a man with "Napoleonic ambition," according to The Economist magazine. From building Disney-goading theme...