Hollywood skin guru denies trying to have rival killedA Hollywood skin-care expert boasting celebrity clients including Jennifer Aniston and Nicki Minaj pleaded not guilty Wednesday to plotting to have a business rival killed.
20 March 2014
Bin Laden son-in-law tells US trial of 9/11 cave chatOsama Bin Laden claimed responsibility for masterminding 9/11 on the night of the attacks, his son-in-law said Wednesday as he unexpectedly testified at his federal trial in New York on terror charges.
20 March 2014
Russia's expulsion from G8 must be discussed: CameronBritish Prime Minister David Cameron said Wednesday that G7 nations meeting next week must discuss the permanent expulsion of Russia from the wider G8 if it takes further action to destabilise Ukraine.
New York probes special deals for high-speed tradersNew York's top prosecutor Tuesday vowed to end special concessions that exchanges provide to high-speed securities traders, giving them an unfair advantage over retail investors.
19 March 2014
Robot Snowden promises more US spying revelationsFormer intelligence contractor Edward Snowden emerged from his Russian exile Tuesday in the form of a remotely-controlled robot to promise more sensational revelations about US spying programs.
19 March 2014
Merkel, Obama condemn 'unacceptable blows' to UkraineGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel and US President Barack Obama in a phone call condemned Russia's moves to annex Crimea but said "a clear path" remains to solve the crisis diplomatically.
US Congress to Obama: Stand tough on IranAn overwhelming majority of US lawmakers demanded President Barack Obama hold the line on Iran, as a permanent agreement regarding the Islamic republic's contested nuclear program is under negotiation in Vienna.
Rapper Chris Brown ordered to remain in custodyA US judge ordered US rapper Chris Brown on Monday to remain behind bars for allegedly breaching his probation stemming from his notorious 2009 assault of then-girlfriend Rihanna.
18 March 2014
Twitter CEO in China 'to learn more'Twitter chief executive Dick Costolo is visiting China, the biggest market where the popular messaging service is banned, the company said.
Winslet honored on Hollywood Walk of FameOscar-winning actress Kate Winslet was honored with a star on the storied Hollywood Walk of Fame on Monday -- hours after an earthquake jolted Tinseltown awake.
18 March 2014
Putin takes first steps for Russia to absorb CrimeaPresident Vladimir Putin on Tuesday took the first steps to absorb the Ukrainian region of Crimea into Russia, in what would mark the most significant redrawing of Europe's borders since World War II.
Major discovery bolsters Big Bang theory of universeWaves of gravity that rippled through space right after the Big Bang have been detected for the first time, in a landmark discovery that adds to our understanding of how the universe was born.
18 March 2014
Xi, Obama to meet at nuclear summit: ChinaChinese President Xi Jinping and US President Barack Obama will hold a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) in the Netherlands next week.