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08 June 2012 • 12:12 AMT
Pakistani bus bombing leaves 18 dead, 34 injued

No group has so far said it carried out the latest attack, but it comes a day after a bomb killed 15 in the city of Quetta.

08 June 2012 • 12:04 AMT
Expert: Azerbaijan prepares to launch war in 2014

Dwelling on 2014, Richard Giragosian linked the choice of the date with the 20th anniversary of the ceasefire agreement.

08 June 2012 • 12:02 AMT
UN observers take another attempt to reach Syria massacre scene

55 people were killed on June 6 in an assault on a Sunni farming enclave surrounded by Alawite villages in central province of Hama.

08 June 2012 • 11:23 AMT
Warner Bros to adapt Stephen King’s “It”

The story follows a group of kids called the Losers Club that encounter a creature called It, which preys on children.

08 June 2012 • 11:05 AMT
ANCA circulates policy recommendations to check Azeri aggression

ANCA circulated a set of seven specific policy recommendations for the Obama Administration and the U.S. Congress.

08 June 2012 • 10:36 AMT
LinkedIn disabling breached passwords

LinkedIn apologized to users after a Russian hacker posted 6,458,020 hashed passwords on a forum.

08 June 2012 • 10:26 AMT
Fitch downgrades Spain’s credit rating as bailout estimates mount up

It is the first of a number of reports for which the Spanish government is waiting before it decides how to recapitalise its banks.

08 June 2012 • 10:07 AMT
UN watchdog, Iran launch new round of nuke talks

Western powers and Israel suspect Iran of trying to develop a bomb behind the veil of its civilian nuclear programme.

08 June 2012 • 09:53 AMT
NASA scraps X-ray space telescope mission over cost

Gravity and Extreme Magnetism Small Explorer mission was supposed to blast off in 2014 to study black holes and neutron stars.

08 June 2012 • 09:40 AMT
23 Al Qaeda-linked militants killed in Yemen

The confrontations come during Yemen’s campaign to retake parts of the south from Al Qaeda following a year of internal turmoil.

08 June 2012 • 09:17 AMT
Emma Watson poised to join Darren Aronofsky’s “Noah”

Watson is in discussions to play Ila, a young woman who develops a close relationship with Noah’s son, Shem.

08 June 2012 • 09:04 AMT
Japanese researchers create human liver from stemcells

A team of scientists transplanted induced stemcells into body of a mouse, where it grew into a small, but working, human liver.

08 June 2012 • 08:57 AMT
Wounded soldier in the pic not Azeri saboteur, Defense Ministry says

A photo showing a soldier with a cut-off leg has been posted on social websites, claimed to be the pic of an Azeri saboteur.

08 June 2012 • 08:40 AMT
NKR Defense Army reports increased Azeri violations of ceasefire

Senor Hasratyan: an adequate response is shown in case of necessity, with border safety under control.

08 June 2012 • 08:26 AMT
Facebook rolls out App Center

The App Center, also available on Apple and Android mobile devices, will recommend apps to users based on their interests.

08 June 2012 • 08:15 AMT
UK ministers to boycott Euro 2012 kick off

UK ministers’ step came in response to the treatment of jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko.

08 June 2012 • 07:59 AMT
“Ice Age: Continental Drift” hot trailer hits the web

The animated film reunites the old gang: Manny the wooly mammoth, Sid the sloth, Diego the saber-toothed tiger, among others.

08 June 2012 • 07:53 AMT
S. Africa set to bid for 2024 Olympics

Paris also may launch a bid because 2024 is the 100th anniversary of the last Summer Olympics in the French capital.

08 June 2012 • 07:42 AMT
UFO seen in Middle East linked to Russian missile test – paper

Videos uploaded on internet show unidentified conic-shaped object flying in high atmosphere leaving a trail of light.

08 June 2012 • 07:30 AMT
Fleetwood Mac guitarist Bob Welch kills himself

Welch played with Fleetwood Mac from 1971 to 1974, before Stevie Nicks and Lindsay Buckingham joined the group.

08 June 2012 • 07:22 AMT
Turkey says won’t attend any Cyprus-presided EU event

Turkey does not recognize Cyprus as a sovereign nation and opposes it taking over the EU presidency.

08 June 2012 • 07:14 AMT
14 dismembered bodies discovered in north-eastern Mexico

Reports say gang-related messages were found on the blankets covering 11 men and three women.

08 June 2012 • 07:05 AMT
Taliban, criminals escape from Afghan prison

A bomb was detonated on the outside of one of the prison walls and the prisoners escaped through the rubble.

08 June 2012 • 07:03 AMT
Israelis call police with UFO sighting reports

The “glowing” object was seen flying at a high altitude and seemed to be falling apart with a trail of smoke.

08 June 2012 • 06:57 AMT
Egyptian politicians agree to elect panel to draft new constitution

The country is set to hold the second and final round of the presidential election on June 16-17.

08 June 2012 • 06:48 AMT
Apple facing $2.22 million fine over Australian 4G iPad

Apple offered in March to refund Australian customers who felt they had been misled by the “iPad with WiFi + 4G” promotion.

07 June 2012 • 17:42 AMT
Syria plan “not being implemented,” UN Peace envoy says

Kofi Annan warned of an escalating crisis and laid responsibility for the atrocities on President Bashar al-Assad’s regime.

07 June 2012 • 17:23 AMT
3 U.S. State Department officials to testify in WikiLeaks case

Officials will testify at preliminary hearing for U.S. soldier Bradley Manning, who faces court-martial for allegedly leaking classified docs.

07 June 2012 • 17:14 AMT
Matthew Modine joins Steve Jobs biopic cast as Apple CEO

Modine will play John Sculley, whom Jobs recruited to lead Apple in 1983 and famously “fired” Jobs two years later.

07 June 2012 • 16:59 AMT
Samsung vows to press ahead with S3 launch despite Apple lawsuit

Apple has asked a court for the Northern District of California to ban sales of the Galaxy S III on grounds of patent infringement.