US President Barack Obama said the world backed his plan to end the Afghan war in two years, as President Hamid Karzai promised a NATO summit his bloodied state would no longer be a “burden.”
Leaders of the 28 NATO nations stood in solemn silence as a bugler’s lament recalled the heavy cost of a [...]
A rocket-propelled grenade exploded near a team of UN observers in a Damascus suburb, the military said, as dozens of people were killed in violence while clashes raged between regime troops and armed rebels.
At a NATO summit in Chicago, alliance chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen voiced concern about the violence, but said NATO had “no intention” [...]
CHICAGO : Protesters streamed into downtown Chicago Sunday for one of the city’s largest demonstrations in years – a march to the lakeside convention center hosting a historic Nato summit.
The largest demonstration of the summit weekend ended late Sunday with a tense scuffle between protesters and police, with officers wielding batons and some demonstrators throwing [...]
China is exploiting Western commercial technology, conducting aggressive cyber espionage and buying more anti-ship missiles as part of a steady military build-up, according to the Pentagon.
Beijing aims to take advantage of “mostly US” defense-related technologies in the private sector in a concerted effort to modernize the country’s armed forces and extend China’s reach in the [...]
Shaking off jitters, SpaceX counted down to liftoff of its Dragon capsule to the International Space Station in what may be a historic mission for private spaceflight.
The blastoff of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, carrying the unmanned Dragon and over half a ton of cargo toward the orbiting lab, is scheduled for 4:55 am (0855 GMT) [...]
NEW YORK : Facebook stumbled in its eagerly anticipated market debut Friday, as shares ended barely above the offering price, dampening optimism over the world’s biggest social network.
The shares, priced at $38 on Thursday in the largest-ever initial public offering (IPO) for a technology firm, eked out a gain of 0.61 per cent to end [...]
A glittering lunch for the world’s sovereigns to be held on Friday to celebrate the diamond jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II has been marked by a withdrawal and protests over the guest list.
Spain’s Queen Sophia has pulled out of the event at Windsor Castle, west of London, amid tensions over Gibraltar, while there were protests [...]
US Navy sailors tend to be overlooked when it comes to Hollywood blockbusters, but the new action movie “Battleship” features American destroyers and their crews in the starring role, waging war against hostile aliens in the Pacific Ocean.
The Pentagon gave director Peter Berg access to a huge naval exercise and allowed him to film scenes [...]
Facebook on Thursday announced a price of $38 per share for its record-setting initial public offering, which gives the leading social network a market value of $104 billion.
The shares will begin trading Friday under the symbol “FB” on the Nasdaq, the company said in a statement announcing the richest-ever technology IPO and second biggest for [...]
After inconclusive elections and fruitless political horse-trading, debt-laden Greece will finally name a government Thursday, but only to hold the fort until fresh polls next month.
A caretaker government of technocrats and retired politicians, headed by a senior judge, will have the sole task of organising a fresh election on June 17, some six weeks after [...]
