By Matthew Mpoke Bigg and James Macharia. NAIROBI | Mon Sep 23, 2013 9:06am EDT. NAIROBI (Reuters) - Thick smoke poured from the besieged Nairobi mall where Kenyan officials said their forces were closing in on Islamists holding hostages on ...
SHARE 93 CONNECT 35 TWEET 18 COMMENTEMAILMORE. It's a busy week for the White House, one that could end with President Obama and congressional Republicans on the cusp of a government shutdown.
The Markit Economics preliminary index of U.S. manufacturing fell to 52.8 in September from a final reading of 53.1 at the end of last month, the London-based group said today.
The number of HIV infections and Aids-related deaths has fallen dramatically, according to a UN report. Death rates fell from 2.3 million during its peak in 2005 to 1.6 million last year, says Unaids.
WASHINGTON - For the last six years, the Iranian president's speech at the annual gathering of the United Nations has been met by a ritual walkout of Western diplomats.
By Sui-Lee Wee. BEIJING | Mon Sep 23, 2013 8:01am EDT. BEIJING (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad criticised the United States for threatening to attack Syria over its chemical weapons program, saying it was finding "excuses for war", China's ...
CAIRO | Mon Sep 23, 2013 8:23am EDT. CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian court on Monday banned the Muslim Brotherhood from carrying out any activities in the country and ordered the seizure of the group's funds, widening a campaign to debilitate the ...
A Texas family of five, including three kids, were discovered dead in their home. A Spanish-speaking male tipped off authorities to the gruesome scene in a 911 call on Sunday evening.
President Obama, addressing yet another memorial gathering after a deadly mass shooting, said Sunday evening that he senses “a creeping resignation” in the United States that homicidal lunacy like the Washington Navy Yard massacre “is somehow the ...
By Chris Francescani. New York | Mon Sep 23, 2013 1:29am EDT. New York (Reuters) - The son of Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro has described in detail for the first time the horror that overwhelmed him after his father's crimes were revealed to the world.
New York (CNN) -- A Columbia University professor who wrote about hate crimes against Sikhs may have become a victim of one himself when 12 to 15 people attacked him while shouting anti-Muslim slurs, police said.
SHANGHAI--China shares were boosted on Monday by a decent preliminary manufacturing number. Investors continued to favor Shanghai Free-Trade Zone-related stocks on expectations of some liberalization for financial markets there.
SHARE 3 CONNECT 14 TWEETCOMMENTEMAILMORE. U.S. stock futures were mostly lower Monday, ahead of a run of speeches from policymakers at the Federal Reserve, which last week surprised markets by opting to not reduce its monetary stimulus.
A dozen continuous thundering bangs brought the downtown Macy's to a pile of debris early Sunday, shaky waves trembling the ground and dust soaring to the sky.
By James Davey. LONDON | Mon Sep 23, 2013 9:10am EDT. LONDON (Reuters) - Tesco (TSCO.L), the world's third-biggest retailer, has entered Britain's intensely competitive tablet market with a low-priced own-brand product that it hopes will boost online ...
According to a BlackBerry blog post, the unreleased app "caused issues", that the company has been trying to resolve. The Android app has now been disabled, but customers who downloaded the BBM for iPhone app will still be able to use BBM.
Catherine Zeta-Jones doesn't wear her emotions on her sleeve. The 43-year-old actress made her first public appearance Saturday since news broke of the separation from her husband of nearly 13 years, Michael Douglas, in late August.
The second loss of the season for Jim Harbaugh's bunch raises plenty of questions. Colin Kaepernick struggled for the second straight game, the defense couldn't stop Ahmad Bradshaw on the ground and we saw the 49ers go away from their beloved ...
SHARE 22 CONNECT 20 TWEET 1 COMMENTEMAILMORE. NEW YORK -- Throughout the day at Yankee Stadium dedicated to honoring Mariano Rivera, current and former teammates and managers alike kept pointing out how such a personal celebration ...
Few knew what to expect when the Chicago Bears named Marc Trestman their new head coach back in January. Following a nine-season Bears run under Lovie Smith, Trestman arrived with hopes of elevating the Bears offense under quarterback Jay Cutler ...
San Francisco 49ers linebacker Aldon Smith is out indefinitely as he seeks treatment for issues related to his arrest Friday on suspicion of driving under the influence and marijuana possession, the team announced Sunday.
It's a climate puzzle that has vexed scientists for more than a decade and added fuel to the arguments of those who insist man-made global warming is a myth.
WALLOPS ISLAND, Va.—The newly enhanced Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport hosted its second major launch in less than two weeks as Orbital Sciences and NASA sent off a commercial supply mission to the International Space Station on Sept 18.
After you've been getting messages for about nine years, and they suddenly stop, you don't just shrug and give up, even if the distances involved were great.
Scientists say they have made a significant leap towards creating a vaccine that would protect against every form of flu. The influenza virus is a constantly shifting target so seasonal flu vaccines rapidly become useless and new ones are needed each year.
