In the most recent development of the scandal that has rocked Rupert Murdoch's disgraced News of the World tabloid, former editor Andy Coulson has been detained on perjury charges over court testimony about phone hacking. Coulson, 44, has been taken into custody by Scottish police as a part of an investigation into phone hacking and perjury at the trial of politician Tommy Sheridan.
Economic stagnation and continuing debt crisis in the single currency bloc drove the region's business sentiment to 90.6 in May from April's revised 92.9, the European Commission said Wednesday. That was the second big fall in a row and left the index at its lowest level since the back end of the global recession in October 2009.
Several parts of Homs were shelled Wednesday morning while Damascus witnessed overnight explosions, close on the heels of UN and Arab League envoy Kofi Annan's warning that the recent violence had left Syria at a tipping point.
Google Wednesday observed the 166th birth anniversary of Peter Carl Fabergé, the Russian jeweler best known for creating famous Fabergé eggs, through a doodle that was made of precious metals and gemstones.
The value of the Canadian dollar gained against most of its rival currencies Tuesday amid strong indications of growth in Asia and North America
The Xbox gaming console has evolved over the years, and Microsoft?s Yusuf Mehdi has revealed that the system is only in its beginning stages.
All the latest news as Chelsea look to go back into the transfer market and add to their purchase of Eden Hazard.
Graft and debt are crippling China's railway industry and eroding trust in the government's management of a crucial sector of transportation -- and may kill the dream of becoming the world's leader in high-speed trains
U.S. investors came back from a long holiday weekend Tuesday to news of Spain's government aiming to stave off an apparently imminent collapse of nationalized financier Bankia S.A. -- the country's fourth-largest bank -- with a ?19 billon ($23.8 billion) capital injection.
The highly anticipated Samsung Galaxy S3 is finally out in Europe, but with pre-orders topping over 9 million, customers are facing distribution delays.
Memorial Day Weekend was not the love-fest Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez might have had planned. E! News reported that the teenybopper couple would reunite, after their busy schedules had kept them apart for some time, over the holiday weekend. But an incident at a Calabasas mall proved to be a dark cloud over the reunion.
Cannabis capsules failed to slow the progression of multiple sclerosis in a large British study, dealing a blow to hopes that the drug could provide long-term benefits for patients with the debilitating nerve disease.
Am I the only woman in the world who doesn't like going to the salon? Whether it's for a manicure, a haircut or a color, I actively dread the experience. Not because I dislike the procedures themselves, but because I can't stand having to spend hours of my life engaged in inane chitchat with the stylist.
The Gunners continue to pursue some high-profile players.
Interest in hurdler Lolo Jones, aka Lori Jones, has gone far beyond her track and field skills since she first tweeted that she was a virgin and later said on HBO's Real Sports show that she was in search of a husband.
However, it remains far from certain that the Scottish public even wants independence.
The cost of natural gas, which has languished for two years and last month hit lows not seen in a decade, is rebounding despite a 5.5 percent price drop earlier this week.
When Aung San Suu Kyi left her husband and children in England to visit her ailing mother in Myanmar 24 years ago, she never imagined that she'd be stuck inside the Southeast Asian country for 24 years. Now, she will leave Myanmar for the first time since 1988.
On Wednesday, Somalia's interim leaders agreed on a schedule to end the current transitional period. By August, they hope, a newly elected government will lead a unified Somalia away from its tumultuous past.
There has been a lot of hype surrounding Kim Kardashian and Kanye West, with rumors flurrying the web about romantic encounters between the two. The pop-culture icons were recently seen together at the Cannes Film Festival in France, as spotted by the Associated Press.
Speaking at a summit in Brussels, the heads of Germany and several EU institutions all urged the debt-stricken country to stick to the deeply unpopular tax hikes, labor reforms and welfare cuts that have divided Greece and pushed it to the brink of exiting the currency union.
The meteoric rise of a natural, healthy alternative to sugar - a holy grail for the food industry - might just be a little too good to be true. In two years stevia, a plant used for centuries by Paraguay's Guarani Indians, has shot to prominence in products by Coca-Cola, Danone and Merisant.
