Prince Harry reviews global armada in SydneyBritain's Prince Harry, in full military uniform, reviewed a global armada of warships in a day of pomp and ceremony watched by tens of thousands of people on Sydney Harbour.
05 October 2013
Miley Cyrus in tit-for-tat exchange with Sinead O'ConnorFormer Disney teen idol turned bad-girl pop star Miley Cyrus hit back Thursday at Sinead O'Connor, rebuffing advice by the Irish singer that she stop prostituting herself for music business bosses.
Myanmar picks first Miss Universe hopeful in half centuryWith a whiff of controversy and not a bikini in sight, a US-educated business graduate was selected as the first Miss Universe contestant to represent Myanmar in more than 50 years.
05 October 2013
Japan's Aso warns of 'consequences' of US debt defaultJapanese Finance Minister Taro Aso on Friday urged the United States to resolve political gridlock in Washington, warning of grim "consequences" for the global economy if it leads to a debt default.
05 October 2013
13 members of Anonymous indicted on US hacking chargesThirteen alleged members of the loosely organized hacker collective known as Anonymous were indicted Thursday in connection with a series of online attacks on US companies and trade groups.
05 October 2013
A brief history of Twitter - in TweetsBillions of messages are fired off weekly at Twitter, with some of them capturing defining moments in history or in the evolution of the San Francisco-based firm.
04 October 2013
US sanctions Rwanda over rebel use of child soldiersThe United States slapped sanctions on Rwanda on Thursday over the use of child soldiers by rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo which Kigali is accused of backing.
04 October 2013
UN atomic agency to visit FukushimaThe UN atomic agency said Friday it is sending a team from October 14-21 to review Japan's progress cleaning up areas around the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant.
Arms experts see Syria progress, on-site inspections soonInternational experts preparing to destroy Syria's chemical weapons arsenal said they had made "encouraging" progress Thursday and expect to carry out on-site inspections within days.
04 October 2013
Twitter wants to fly with billion-dollar IPOTwitter on Thursday unveiled plans to pump up the globally popular one-to-many messaging service with a $1 billion stock market debut.
04 October 2013
US police shoot woman dead after White House car chaseUS police shot a female motorist dead after she led them on a high-speed chase from near the White House through the streets of downtown Washington to the Capitol building.
Ireland set to vote on abolishing upper house of parliamentIreland votes on Friday on whether to abolish its upper house of parliament, a historic move that Prime Minister Enda Kenny argues will save money but which critics say is a power grab.
04 October 2013
Julianne Moore gets star on Hollywood 'Walk of Fame'American actress Julianne Moore received the 2,507th star on Hollywood Boulevard's "Walk of Fame" Thursday, during a ceremony surrounded by colleagues from her career in film.