Headlines
Ultimate Fighting Championship Muscles Into Asia With Eyes On China
The world's biggest mixed martial arts organisation, the Las Vegas-based UFC, Thursday announced its long-awaited...
Court Rules Assault Weapons Are Not Protected Under Constitution
A US appeals court has ruled that military-style assault weapons are not protected under the US Constitution, dealing a...
Australia Post Boss Resigns Amid Outcry Over Huge Salary
The man credited with saving Australia's government-owned postal service announced his resignation Thursday after a...
Bharti Airtel Buys Telenor’s India Operations
Indian telecom giant Bharti Airtel will buy the local operations of Norway's Telenor, it said Thursday, as the...
Top Seed Raonic Advances At ATP Delray Beach
Canadian top seed Milos Raonic advanced to the quarter-finals of the ATP Delray Beach Open on Wednesday by defeating...
Chief Executive Out At Paramount Pictures
Viacom announced the departure of the top executive at Paramount Pictures, which has struggled for profit and was at...
Vietnam Suspect Was Country Girl, Say Neighbours
The Vietnamese suspect in the killing of Kim Jong-Un's half-brother was renowned for her fashion, funky hairstyles and...
Ai Weiwei Films Global Crisis
Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei has a message for US President Donald Trump, Europe's populist right and those who...
Mumbai’s Original Inhabitants Fear World’s Tallest Statue
A fitting tribute to a local legend or a grotesque misuse of money? The decision to build the world's tallest statue...
Baby Orangutan Rescued After Being Kept As A Pet
Baby primate Vena shyly turned her head away from a bottle as two vets tried to feed her, the latest Bornean orangutan...
Sacked Turkish Academics Take Protest To the Streets
In the heart of Ankara, Turkish communications lecturer Sevilay Celenk gives a lecture to dozens of attentive students....
France Insists On Two-State Mideast Peace Deal
France is committed to a two-state solution for the Middle East conflict, President Francois Hollande said, a week...
Ex-Yoga Missionary Unleashes Rage On Philippine Miners
After two decades as a yoga missionary, Philippine Environment Secretary Regina Lopez is unleashing her inner rage on...
Syrian Peace Talks To Resume With Expectations Low
UN-brokered Syrian peace talks resume in Geneva on Thursday, but hopes of a breakthrough are dim, clouded by persistent...
Japanese Swim Sensation Ippei Watanabe Seeks Tokyo Gold, and More
Fresh from setting a new world record, Japan's latest swim sensation Ippei Watanabe is plotting Tokyo Olympic glory in...
Wizards Swing Deal For Nets Forward Bogdanovic
The Washington Wizards added Croatian forward Bojan Bogdanovic from the Brooklyn Nets on Wednesday in a four-player...
A Peek Inside Qatar’s ‘gas Capital of the World’
Perched on a northern tip of Qatar, about an hour's drive from the gleaming capital Doha and at the end of "Route 77",...
Tesla Slips Back Into Red But Revenue Grows
Tesla reported on Wednesday that it slipped back into the red in the recently ended quarter while revenue revved, with...
Kim Autopsy ‘illegal and Immoral’
Pyongyang's state media on Thursday blasted Malaysia for an "illegal and immoral" autopsy on a man believed be the...