Spain PM backs controversial ex-mayor to stand in Catalan pollsSpanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on Wednesday backed a former mayor whose comments have been called xenophobic as his party's top candidate for regional elections in independence-minded Catalonia.
30 July 2015
New facets sparkle in Windows 10Microsoft's new Windows 10 computer operating system is out to win the love its predecessor never got.
Pentagon assures it will check Iran's 'malign' influenceTop US military officers sought to reassure worried lawmakers that US forces would check Iran's "malign" influence in the Middle East should Congress greenlight the nuclear deal with Tehran.
30 July 2015
Yahoo unveils silent video chat appYahoo unveiled a new mobile application allowing users to exchange live video, text and emoticons, without audio.
30 July 2015
Putin orders destruction of smuggled Western foodRussian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree ordering the destruction of Western food smuggled into the country in breach of an official embargo.
Fabius says time to warm up Iran-France relationsFrench Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius arrived in Iran and said it was time to kickstart relations between the two countries after a nuclear deal made such a change possible.
New York's fifth Diner en blanc draws 5,000 riversideSome 5,000 foodies and fashionistas gathered late on the banks of the Hudson River in New York for the fifth edition of the "Diner en blanc" (Dinner in White).
Ukraine bans Putin buddy Depardieu for five yearsUkraine said it had blacklisted French film star and newly minted Russian national Gerard Depardieu in apparent retribution for reportedly refusing to recognise the independence of the former Soviet state.
Berlin Jewish Olympics open in 'triumph over evil'The Maccabi Games, dubbed the Jewish Olympics, opened at the Berlin site of the 1936 "Nazi Games" in what one community leader called "a triumph of good over evil".
29 July 2015
Rains, floods kill 81 in Pakistan: disaster agencyTorrential rains and flooding have killed 81 people in Pakistan over the past two weeks and affected almost 300,000, the disaster management agency said Tuesday, warning of more bad weather to come.