Sisi to sweep presidential polls after initial count

Initial poll count on Wednesday shows that Egypt's former military chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will sweep the presidential election with an overwhelming majority of votes.

Milan Fashion Week

2013-09-22 11:20

A model presents a creation from the Roberto Cavalli Spring/Summer 2014 collection during Milan Fashion Week September 21, 2013.

Harvard seeks $6.5b in fundraising drive

2013-09-22 10:11

Harvard, the richest university in the United States, said on Saturday it would seek to raise some $6.5 billion in donations to fund new academic initiatives and bolster its financial aid program.

Russia asks DPRK to explain ship incident

2013-09-22 08:29

The Russian Foreign Ministry on Saturday demanded the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) explain a latest ship inspection incident taking place in the Sea of Japan.

Islamists claim gun attack on Nairobi mall, 59 dead

2013-09-22 04:36

Gunmen stormed a shopping mall in the Kenyan capital Nairobi on Saturday, killing 39 in an attack claimed by the Somali Islamist group al Shabaab.
In pictures: Nairobi mall shooting spree

BlackBerry warns of big loss, job cuts

2013-09-21 13:15

BlackBerry Ltd warned on Friday it expects to report a huge quarterly operating loss next week and that it will cut more than a third of its global workforce.

Venezuela arrests ex-policemen who shamed new force

2013-09-21 10:21

Venezuelan authorities on Friday arrested six former policemen who appeared in uniform in a homemade video cursing and firing their pistols in the air, embarrassing a new national force set up to improve the police's dire image.

House taunts Democrats with Obamacare

2013-09-21 09:54

A familiar Washington melodrama - will they or won't they shut down the government - took center stage on Friday when the Republican-controlled House of Representatives passed a bill to fund the government.

NASA gives up on lost comet probe

2013-09-21 09:51

NASA is calling off attempts to find its Deep Impact comet probe after a suspected software glitch shut down radio communications in August.

Kenya calls for concerted efforts to save elephants

2013-09-21 09:27

Kenya's First Lady Margaret Kenyatta on Friday called for increased support in order to save elephants which are being slaughtered at a high rate.

Action pledged for new type of Sino-US ties

2013-09-21 00:41

China and the United States are committed to building a new type of major power relationship by expanding cooperation and holding candid talks on differences.

Starbucks' Internet called safer than Pentagon's

2013-09-21 00:02

Using the Wi-Fi connection at Starbucks was a better bet than risking putting confidential defense documents on a glitch-prone Pentagon computer network, a senior Defense Department official testified late on Thursday.

Bombs inside Sunni mosque in Iraq kill 15

2013-09-20 20:26

Two bombs concealed in air conditioning units inside a Sunni mosque south of the Iraqi city of Samarra exploded during Friday prayers, killing at least 15 people, police and hospital sources said.