10 killed in Taliban siege on Afghan court complex

At least 10 people died Thursday when Taliban insurgents wearing military uniforms mounted a six-hour gun and grenade siege on a court complex in northern Afghanistan, in an assault highlighting the country’s fragile security situation.

Italy rocked by deadly court shooting, 3 killed

MILAN - An armed man on trial for bankruptcy fraud gunned down a judge and lawyer in a Milan court Thursday in an attack which left three dead and sent shockwaves through Italy.

Bangladesh JI leader on death row faces final plea

DHAKA - A Bangladesh Islamist leader has a final chance Thursday to avoid the gallows by appealing to the president for clemency against his death sentence for war crimes, an official said.

US man arrested for allegedly supporting IS

WASHINGTON - A Wisconsin man has been charged with providing support to Islamic State jihadists in Iraq and Syria, where he allegedly planned to join the extremist group, the Justice Department said Thursday.

2 Philippine soldiers killed in Qaeda-linked clash

Philippine soldiers clashed with about 200 fighters of a Al Qaeda-linked militant group on Thursday, leaving two soldiers and six guerrillas dead, a military spokeswoman said.

Mortar fire kills 11 civilians in Egypt’s Sinai

CAIRO - Mortar fire has killed 11 civilians, all but one of them women and children, in Egypt’s North Sinai, where the government is battling an Islamist insurgency, police and medics said Thursday.

Playing games in sync can make kids more empathic

Washington: In an example of how a physical activity performed in unison helps children feel more positively toward one another, researchers have found that even a video game played together in sync on a computer could increase their empathy.

Facebook's clout not waning among teenagers: Survey

Despite threats from mobile messaging services, the social networking site Facebook is not going into history books, at least for now.

Amazon unveils new storage service Amazon EFS

Amazon has announced the launch of its new storage service, Amazon Elastic File System (EFS), which provides a common file system for multiple (Elastic Compute Cloud) EC2 virtual machines on Amazon Web Services (AWS) through the standard NFSv4 protocol.

Microsoft partners Dropbox to allow edit of Office files in Dropbox using Office Online

Microsoft in partnership with Dropbox has announced a new integration that will now allow users to view and edit their Microsoft Office files, including Word, PowerPoint and Excel documents, in Dropbox using Office Online using the web.

Dust-covered belts of glaciers made of frozen water found on Mars

Astronomers have found dust-covered belts of glaciers made of frozen water on Mars.

Basic building blocks of life found around distant young star

Astronomers were recently able to detect the presence of complex organic molecules, the building blocks of life, in an infant star system for the first time ever.

NASA's chief scientist claims to find signs of alien life by 2025

NASA's chief scientist has claimed that they could find evidence of alien life in the universe as early as 2025.

Suicide blast hits EU vehicle in Kabul, passer-by killed

KABUL - A Taliban suicide bomb hit a European Union police vehicle in Kabul on Monday, killing at least one passer-by but not wounding any passengers, officials said, days after the NATO combat mission ended in Afghanistan.

Deadly violence erupts in Bangladesh on polls anniversary

DHAKA  - Deadly clashes erupted on the streets of Bangladesh Monday on the first anniversary of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s controversial re-election as police besieged the main opposition leader in her office.
Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina accused her besieged opposition rival of trying to trigger anarchy as she countered that the Bangladesh Nationalist Party chief was responsible for a wave of violence that left at least four people dead in the volatile South Asian nation. “I am urging the BNP leader to stop these bomb and grenade attacks, these acts of sabotage, and killings, of arson and damage to property,” Hasina said in a televised address to the nation, exactly a year after she was re-elected in what was effectively a one-horse race.

China urges 'relevant parties' to avoid tension on Korean peninsula

China on Monday called on "relevant parties" to avoid action that would escalate tension on the Korean peninsula after the United States imposed more sanctions on North Korea last week.

Two Saudi guards killed in attack on Iraq frontier: Saudi ministry

Riyadh: A suicide bomber killed two Saudi guards Monday on the border with Iraq, where Daesh militants have seized a swathe of territory, the interior ministry said.

Blast targets Houthi base in Yemen capital

SANAA: A large blast targeted a building belonging to Yemen’s Shi’ite Muslim Houthi militia in a western district of the capital Sanaa early on Monday, residents said, but it was not clear if there were casualties.

Eight presumed dead after ship sank off Scotland

Edinburgh: Eight crew members onboard a cargo ship that sank off the coast of Scotland were presumed dead on Monday, two days after the vessel capsized in stormy weather.

Runaway North Korean soldier kills four Chinese: Reports

Seoul: A North Korean believed to be a runaway soldier killed four Chinese during a robbery after he crossed the border into China in search of food, media reports said Monday.

Indonesia naval captain says may have located missing plane's tail section

An Indonesian naval patrol vessel found on Monday what the captain said could be the tail of a missing AirAsia jet, the section where the crucial black box voice and flight data recorders are located.

Hollande rules out French intervention in Libya

President Francois Hollande said Monday that France would not intervene unilaterally in Libya and urged the international community to take action to stem the deepening crisis in the country.

Iraq asks Australian PM for more military aid

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Sunday asked Australian counterpart Tony Abott to step up military assistance to aid Baghdad’s fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) jihadist group.

Afghan president says U.S. withdrawal timetable should be 're-examined'

President of Afghanistan said in a television interview scheduled to air Sunday night that the U.S. should "re-examine" its troop withdrawal deadline.

Former S. Korea presidential aide indicted over 'fake' document

A former aide to South Korean President Park Geun-Hye has been charged with leaking a document on the president's personal life which triggered defamation suits against domestic and foreign media, prosecutors said Monday.

The internal presidential office document claimed that another former Park aide, Jeong Yun-Hoe, meddled in state affairs by receiving regular briefings from presidential officials despite having no official position in the administration.

China fumes after Taiwan's flag raising in Washington

China has protested to the United States after Taiwan's de facto embassy in Washington hoisted a Taiwanese flag on New Year's Day, calling on the United States to respect the "One China" policy, the foreign ministry said on Monday.

Western-backed Syrian opposition body elects new leadership

Istanbul- Syria's Western-backed political opposition group, the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces, has elected a new presidential committee and a president widely seen as not tied to any of the body's international sponsors.

2 shot dead in Bangladesh on election anniversary

Dhaka, Bangladesh: Two men on a motorbike opened fire on a group of anti-government activists in northwestern Bangladesh on Monday, killing two amid heightened tensions on the anniversary of a general election boycotted by a major opposition alliance last year, a local opposition leader said.

US hedge fund founder Thomas Gilbert shot dead in New York

A US hedge fund founder was found shot to death in his Manhattan apartment on Sunday, and New York police are seeking his son for questioning, authorities said.

AirAsia jet engine dies before take-off from Surabaya

An AirAsia jet’s engine failed just before its take-off from the Indonesian city of Surabaya and the 120 passengers on board were asked to disembark, in the latest incident to hit the airline’s flights.

Three killed in China landslide

At least three people were confirmed dead after a landslide covered an expressway in China's Guizhou province, rescuers said Monday.

Google Glass to Soon Get Some More Competition

San Francisco-based Osterhout Design Group (ODG), which develops heavy-duty smart glasses for the military, is set to roll out a consumer-friendly version this year, Forbes reported.

Smartphone swipe to unlock your suitcase

New York:   US-based start-up Digipas has launched a "smart" lock that allows users to open or lock their luggage with just a swipe of their smartphone screens.

UK airport witness chaos after unusual plane error

London: Thousands of passengers faced delays of over an hour at UK's Stansted Airport after an unusual security blunder caused chaos in the departure lounge.

SnoopSnitch app to track someone spying on you

A new app called SnoopSnitch can detect International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) catchers by keeping a tab if someone is spying on you.

NASA to set test inflatable technology

Washington: The US space agency is planning to test inflatable spacecraft technology for future missions to Red Planet.

The Big Bang theory to be probed from Antarctica

New York: A set of six telescopes collectively known as Spider - Sub-orbital Polarimeter for Inflation, Dust and the Epoch of Re-ionization - will circle Antarctica in a bid to observe a haze of faint, radio microwaves that envelops space.

Android-controlled ''super car'' for kids under five

London: A South Korean company has designed an Android-controlled `super car` which can compete with Ferraris and Lamborghinis!

New app to help start a car remotely

New York: A new app will help car owners remotely start their cars with a simple tap of the screen.

Cameron will move EU referendum forward if possible

Prime Minister David Cameron said on Sunday he would like to bring forward a planned referendum on Britain's membership of the European Union from 2017 if possible.

Eight missing as ship sinks off Scotland

An overturned cargo ship sank Sunday off the coast of Scotland as the search continued for the missing eight-member crew.

Indonesia pledges to probe AirAsia flight violations

Indonesia pledged on Saturday to investigate flight violations by AirAsia, as search teams found four large parts of the airline’s plane that crashed into the sea last weekend with 162 people on board.

Two Filipinos dead, 16 missing in ship sinking

The cargo vessel Bulk Jupiter went down on January 2 off the coast of Vung Tau City and so far, only one Filipino crewman has been rescued alive.

Cyber crimes in India may double in 2015: Study

New Delhi - The number of cyber crimes in India may touch 300,000 in 2015, almost double the level of last year, causing havoc in the financial space, security establishment and social fabric, a study said.

High alert after Air India office receives threat call

Kolkata - An anonymous telephone call threatening that an Air India plane would be hijacked was made to the Kolkata office of the state-owned carrier on Saturday evening, police said.

Bangladesh opposition leader locked in office by police

Dhaka — Bangladesh’s main opposition leader Khaleda Zia was locked in her office by police in Dhaka on Sunday, her aide said, ahead of the first anniversary of an election her party boycotted.

North Korea slams ‘hostile’ US sanctions over Sony hack

Seoul — North Korea on Sunday lashed out at fresh sanctions imposed by the United States in retaliation for its alleged cyber attack on Sony Pictures, criticising Washington for refusing a proposed joint investigation.

Five arrested in India over Japanese tourist gang rape

Kolkata — Five men have been arrested over the gang rape and extortion of a Japanese tourist held as a sex slave for nearly a month in a basement close to a famous Buddhist shrine in India, officials said Sunday.

Pakistan strikes kill 31 militants, drone kills seven

Pakistani airstrikes killed 31 militants and a suspected US drone strike killed another seven, officials said on Sunday, as local troops pressed an ongoing offensive in the country’s tribal regions along the Afghan border that have been longtime insurgent havens.

Scientists plan to grow lettuce on Mars

A British-led group is planning to grow lettuce on the Red Planet for future dwellers, media reports said.