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Elton John, Putin to meet - for real THE ASSOCIATED PRESS First posted: Thursday, September 24, 2015 11:47 AM EDT | Updated: Thursday, September 24, 2015 02:13 PM EDT Elton John will get to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin (inset). REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes MOSCOW -- Russian...

Microsoft Accused Of Gender Discrimination A former employee says female technical workers often receive lower evaluation scores than their male colleagues. 15:49, UK, Thursday 17 September 2015 Microsoft is best-known for its desktop operating systems Microsoft is the latest technology...

Blood brothers: Suspect in Japanese murders 'is sibling of Peru’s Apostle of Death serial killer' PUBLISHED : Friday, 18 September, 2015, 8:56am UPDATED : Friday, 18 September, 2015, 9:03am Agence France-Presse in Tokyo Vayron Jonathan Nakada Ludena (inset), a suspect in six slayings in...

Police arrest 'copycats' in Arizona highway shootings REUTERS First posted: Sunday, September 13, 2015 06:42 PM EDT | Updated: Sunday, September 13, 2015 06:47 PM EDT In this June 24, 2015, file photo, afternoon rush our traffic moves along a highway in Phoenix. The average vehicle in the...

Indonesian haze: troops battle fires as thousands fall ill in Malaysia, Singapore Date September 11, 2015 - 11:47PM Beawiharta and Heru Asphiranto Motorists ride on a road as haze from wildfires blankets the city in Jambi, Indonesia. Photo: AP Padamaran, Indonesia: Indonesia said on Friday...

TransAsia Airways plane forced to land on one engine months after another of its aircraft crashed on same island in Taiwan PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 08 September, 2015, 1:50pm UPDATED : Tuesday, 08 September, 2015, 4:40pm Mimi Lau in Guangzhou [email protected] Archive picture taken moments...

US Military Pillow Fight Leaves 30 Injured At least 24 students were reportedly left unconscious as West Point freshmen packed pillow cases with helmets and body armour. 12:37, Saturday 05 September 2015 Video of the fight was posted on social media By Sky News US Team Thirty cadets were...

French police arrest man over deadly fire in Paris apartment building Police believe blaze that killed eight people may have been deliberately lit PUBLISHED : Thursday, 03 September, 2015, 6:41pm UPDATED : Thursday, 03 September, 2015, 6:41pm Agence France-Presse in Paris Firefighters were...

Five die, six injured in explosion at Spanish fireworks factory Reuters August 31, 2015, 11:37 pm A column of smoke rises from a factory after an explosion at a fireworks factory on the outskirts of Zaragoza, northeastern Spain, August 31, 2015. Four people were missing and four were...

Macau police arrest 17 people suspected of using China UnionPay terminals in scam to get cash out of mainland Pawnshops raided, underground banks targeted as stock market rout fuels fears of capital flight PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 25 August, 2015, 11:09am UPDATED : Wednesday, 26 August, 2015...

Fresh warrant resets clock for grilling MtGox CEO over missing bitcoins PUBLISHED : Monday, 24 August, 2015, 2:15am UPDATED : Monday, 24 August, 2015, 2:15am Agence France-Presse in Tokyo MtGox CEO Mark Karpeles has been held for three weeks. Photo: AP The arrest of MtGox boss Mark...

More than 200 Nigerian prostitutes go on the rampage, outraged by demolition of brothels PUBLISHED : Thursday, 20 August, 2015, 2:29pm UPDATED : Friday, 21 August, 2015, 3:20am Agence France-Presse in Enegu Prostitutes on the rampage. Photo: Total Media Koncepts More than 200 prostitutes...

Death sentence upheld on S. Korea conscript over shooting spree AFP August 17, 2015, 5:58 pm Seoul (AFP) - A South Korean military appeals court upheld a death sentence Monday for a young conscript who killed five colleagues in a shooting spree at a guard post near the border with North...

Exclusive: Russian antivirus firm faked malware to harm rivals - Ex-employees SAN FRANCISCO | BY JOSEPH MENN Technology | Fri Aug 14, 2015 4:02pm EDT Employees work at the headquarters of Kaspersky Labs, a company which specialises in the production of antivirus and internet security...

Decline in quarterly profits causes Lenovo to lay off 3,200 staff By Tim Schiesser on August 13, 2015, 9:30 AM Declines in the global PC market and increased competition in the smartphone space are making life tough for Lenovo. The company has reported a significant drop in net income for...

U.S. beauty queen allegedly faked cancer to benefit from fundraisers THE ASSOCIATED PRESS First posted: Wednesday, August 12, 2015 01:53 PM EDT | Updated: Wednesday, August 12, 2015 02:26 PM EDT Brandi Lee Weaver-Gates. (Pennsylvania State Police photo) STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- A beauty queen...

Misery for Chinese air passengers as flight delays hit new heights Passengers left low as postponements and cancellations rise to highest levels in years as a third of departures fail to take off on schedule PUBLISHED : Monday, 10 August, 2015, 12:10am UPDATED : Monday, 10 August, 2015, 4:54pm...

Fake death probe as truckie found alive Grant Taylor, Amanda Banks and Tim Clarke August 6, 2015, 1:00 am Police are investigating whether a Pinjarra man tried to fake his own death to avoid facing serious criminal charges after he was found alive more than two months after he wrote suicide...

Pakistan 'teen' convict faces gallows despite protests AFP August 4, 2015, 4:03 am Karachi (AFP) - Pakistan is preparing Tuesday to hang a convicted killer whose case has attracted international protests because family members say he was a juvenile at the time of the crime. Shafqat Hussain...

Bin Laden relatives reportedly killed in private jet crash Reuters August 1, 2015, 1:38 pm Crash investigors inspect the site of an airplane crash at the British Car Auctions lot next to Blackbushe Airport, near Camberley in southern Britain August 1, 2015. Reuters/Luke MacGregor A private...