Angry India tells US 'times have changed' after diplomat spatIndia angrily brushed aside fresh efforts Friday by the United States to defuse a row over the arrest and strip-search of one of its diplomats, warning Washington that "times have changed".
20 December 2013
S. Sudan at 'precipice' amid growing violence: ObamaUS President Barack Obama warned that South Sudan stands at the "precipice" of renewed civil war, amid spiralling violence including an attack on a UN base that killed three Indian peacekeepers.
20 December 2013
Six countries sign US pacts in fight against tax fraudThe United States has signed anti-tax fraud pacts with six countries and territories including some considered tax havens, the US Treasury Department said Thursday.
Zuckerberg sells as Facebook offers new sharesFacebook chief Mark Zuckerberg will sell a chunk of his stake in the company, cashing in some $2.3 billion, as part of a new share offering by the huge social network.
20 December 2013
Super WBA champion Beibut Shumenov TKOs Tamas KovacsKazakhstan's professional boxer Beibut Shumenov has retained his super WBA light heavyweight title in the fight against previously unbeaten Tamas Kovacs from Slovakia.
China to build two new Antarctic bases: state mediaChinese workers are on their way to build the country's fourth Antarctic research base and a fifth is being planned, state-run media said Thursday as the country expands its imprint on the icy continent.
20 December 2013
Mothers' caravan finds 12 kin in search for missing migrantsMothers from across Central America whose children went missing in Mexico while trying to reach the United States found 12 family members after a 16-day search, officials said Wednesday.
20 December 2013
'Breaking Bad' namesake meth dealer gets 12 years' jailA US judge has sentenced meth dealer Walter White to 12 years in prison, in a case of life mirroring art a few months after the end of cult TV show "Breaking Bad," local media reported.
19 December 2013
Chinese star wins US website apology over sex claimsA US-based Chinese news agency has apologized to award-winning actress Zhang Ziyi for claiming she slept with top Chinese officials for money and gifts, a publicist said Wednesday.
Mandela tops 2013 Google searchesNelson Mandela topped Google's list of the hottest searches for 2013 as the Internet giant on Tuesday provided a look at the "spirit of the times" online.
19 December 2013
US 'regrets' diplomat treatment as India seethesThe United States voiced regret to India on Wednesday over the treatment of a diplomat whose account of being stripped and cavity-searched triggered outrage.
19 December 2013
Fears of civil war as violence spreads in South SudanThe United Nations is warning that violence was spreading in South Sudan, as fierce fighting in the world's youngest nation prompted the US to evacuate Americans and other foreigners.
19 December 2013
Philippines launches $8.17 bn Haiyan rebuilding planThe Philippines launched an $8.17 billion plan on Wednesday to rebuild the lives of millions made homeless by Super Typhoon Haiyan and strengthen the disaster-prone nation's defences against future tempests.
19 December 2013
Museum takes possession of long-lost Nazi diaryThe US Holocaust Memorial Museum took possession Tuesday of a Nazi war criminal's long-lost diary and posted it online to help researchers decipher the thinking behind Adolf Hitler's "final solution."
19 December 2013
Brazil, China to make new satellite launch in 2014Brazil and China will launch a new joint environmental monitoring satellite next year to replace one which failed to enter orbit earlier this month, Communications Minister Paulo Bernardo said Tuesday.