More than 415,000 people, equivalent to over 12 percent of Singapore's citizens, have visited parliament to pay their respects to former

The Apple CEO and multimillionaire Tim Cook will join Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg and other members of the super-rich community

Hillary Clinton wiped "clean" her private server that hosted her emails while secretary of state, permanently deleting all

Al-Qaeda's Syria affiliate seized control of most of Idlib yesterday after government forces pulled back to bases in the heart of the main

Pakistan yesterday said it was preparing to evacuate its citizens and diplomatic staff stranded in Yemen, with two planes on standby.

A light bulb made from graphene is th first commercially viable consumer product using the super-strong carbon, according to the developers from the UK

The news that Pakistan security forces killed 30 militants in gun battles in the mountainous northwestern Khyber region on Saturday, is being denied by a spokesman for the militants.

The calm at the BCCI office was shattered by the constant ringing of the landlines as fans from Pakistan and Bangladesh calls after team India lost in the quarterfinals against Australia, reports Indian Express.

Iran and major powers are close to agreement on a 2- or 3-page accord with specific numbers that would form the basis of a long-term settlement aimed at ending a 12-year standoff over Tehran's nuclear ambitions, officials said

Fifteen people have been killed in a gun battle at Maka al-Mukarama hotel in Mogadishu of Somalia, including Somali ambassador to Switzerland

A brother of Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena dies in hospital after being attacked with an axe in his hometown north-east of Colombo.

A tiger mauled a cleaner to death in Yichun city, East China's Jiangxi province

The co-pilot suspected of crashing a German airliner into the French Alps, killing himself and 149 others, knew the region from gliding holidays

Nigerians are about to go to the polls to elect a president, with incumbent Goodluck Jonathan facing a strong challenge from Muhammadu Buhari

US astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko has docked for the start of a 12-month tour of duty on the International Space Station

The authorities in Sierra Leone are enforcing a three-day lockdown to curb the spread of Ebola, with the entire population ordered to stay at home

Warplanes from a Saudi-led coalition are bombing Yemen for a third night, targeting Shia Houthi rebels as they advance in and around the port of Aden

Italy's top appeals court overturns convictions of Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito for the murder of UK student Meredith Kercher

The Maldives' former defence minister has been found guilty of attempting a coup and jailed for 11 years, his family and officials said.

Former prime minister of India Atal Bihari Vajpayee has been conferred with India's highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna by the