Former Microsoft CEO Ballmer discloses Twitter stakeFormer Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer disclosed that he has taken a four percent stake in Twitter, expressing confidence in the messaging platform's new management team.
Obama, Park ready to 'engage' North KoreaUS President Barack Obama and his South Korean counterpart stressed their readiness to "engage" nuclear-armed North Korea Friday, albeit with conditions.
17 October 2015
Britain's Cameron to unveil EU demands in NovemberBritish Prime Minister David Cameron said he would unveil his long-awaited EU renegotiation demands early next month, amid growing impatience from his European partners.
16 October 2015
Close Clinton aide to testify Friday on BenghaziA longtime close aide to Hillary Clinton will testify behind closed doors before a controversial congressional committee probing a deadly 2012 attack on a US mission in Libya
16 October 2015
VW to recall 8.5 mn vehicles in Europe as Italian police raid officesVolkswagen said it will recall a total of 8.5 million diesel vehicles Europe-wide as police raided the carmaker's office in Italy and those of its sports car unit Lamborghini over a global pollution-cheating scandal.
16 October 2015
YouTube Gaming adds mobile play streamingYouTube Gaming ramped up its challenge to Amazon-owned Twitch by adding streamed play of mobile games and a new subscription option.
16 October 2015
Decades later, fan returns stolen Patti Smith gearThirty-six years after her tour truck was stolen, rock legend Patti Smith was moved to tears as a fan returned a bandana from her late brother and other items thought to have been inside the stolen truck.
16 October 2015
Montenegro PM optimistic over bid to join NATO this yearMontenegro's premier expressed optimism that the tiny Balkan country would join NATO by the year's end, after the chief of the military alliance visited Podgorica and commended its reforms.
'Glimmer of hope' for political solution in Ukraine: MerkelGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel said there was a "glimmer of hope" that Ukraine could finally head towards a political solution to ending the separatist war in the country's east.
15 October 2015
Sisi looms large over Egypt voteEgyptians begin voting Sunday for a parliament expected to step firmly in line behind President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who has crushed all opposition since ousting his Islamist predecessor in 2013.