US homeowner shoots German exchange student deadA US homeowner who shot and killed a 17-year-old German high school exchange student he suspected of breaking into his garage was charged with homicide on Monday.
29 April 2014
'The Other Woman' tops North American box officeRomantic comedy "The Other Woman" shrugged off a barrage of negative reviews to claim top spot at the North American box office this weekend, estimated figures showed Sunday.
29 April 2014
Iraqi forces cast ballots ahead of electionSecurity personnel cast their ballots nationwide Monday ahead of Iraq's first election since US troops withdrew, amid attacks on voting centres and fears the country is slipping into all-out conflict.
At least 10 killed in powerful US tornadoesPowerful tornadoes tearing across southern United States have killed at least 10 people, emergency officials in the states of Arkansas and Oklahoma reported late Sunday.
28 April 2014
George Clooney engaged!Oscar-winning heartthrob George Clooney, one of Hollywood's most coveted bachelors, has got engaged to his British lawyer girlfriend Amal Alamuddin, People magazine reported.
Handbags for big bucks: the latest global auction crazeThe bargains start below $150 and the most expensive go for more than $100,000: designer handbags are the latest craze taking global auction houses by storm and fetching record prices.
Interpol reports low use of stolen passport databaseFewer than 10 countries in the world systematically use an Interpol database to verify whether a passenger is flying with stolen documents, the organization's secretary general said.
26 April 2014
Number of suicides in US military drops in 2013The number of suicides in the US military dropped by 18 percent in 2013 but rose among part-time soldiers in the reserves, the Pentagon said.
26 April 2014
Obama in first US presidential visit to Malaysia since 1966US President Barack Obama arrives Saturday in Malaysia hoping to energise aloof ties with a Muslim-majority nation whose government is under the microscope for wide allegations of abuse of power and the loss of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.
26 April 2014
New pictures confirm North Korea nuclear activityA North Korean nuclear test within days "cannot be ruled out" analysts said Saturday, after new satellite imagery showed heightened activity at the test site.
'X-Men' director to miss film launch, slams sex claimsUS filmmaker Bryan Singer said Thursday he will not help promote the release of his latest "X-Men" blockbuster next month, to keep the launch free of distraction by sex abuse claims against him.
FBI seeks victims of major international pedophileThe FBI was Thursday hastily seeking to identify victims of a serial pedophile who drugged and molested dozens of children over four decades teaching at international schools around the world.
25 April 2014
Obama lands in Seoul as N. Korea nuclear test fears growBarack Obama arrived in Seoul Friday to growing signs North Korea was defiantly readying another nuclear test, and with South Koreans in a state of national mourning over the sinking of a ferry full of schoolchildren.
25 April 2014
Google+ boss leaving the companyThe executive credited with bringing the Google+ social network to life is leaving the Internet colossus after playing a key role there for nearly eight years.