HOUSTON: The United States beef industry is hoping that countries in Asia will soon lift restrictions on the import of American beef.This after the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) recently classified US beef as having a negligible risk of ...

SINGAPORE: A group of 10 men have been charged in court with having commercial sex with an underage escort.The men are aged 22 to 38.Each man faces one charge of paid sex with the same social escort.The girl, who was 16 at the time of the offences, c...

SINGAPORE: Frequent re-admissions into hospital may soon be a thing of the past for patients with chronic conditions, thanks to a new Virtual Hospital service launched by Tan Tock Seng Hospital on Wednesday.Together with community partners, the new s...

North Korean ruler Kim Jong-Un has reportedly given copies of Adolf Hitler's "Mein Kampf" to his top officials, urging them to study it as a leadership skills manual.

British comic Russell Brand told Katy Perry he was divorcing her by text message, the US pop star said in a new magazine interview, adding that she hasn't heard from him since.

Barack Obama will Wednesday invoke the Cold War history of German-US solidarity, on a long-awaited first visit to Berlin as president, but will face sharp questions on US spy snooping programmes.

Google said it asked a special US court handling national security investigations for permission to publish the number of government requests for data to the Internet giant.

Google said Tuesday it asked a special US court handling national security investigations for permission to publish the number of requests for data to the Internet giant.

Corporate raider Carl Icahn revamped his proposal Tuesday for embattled computer company Dell, calling for a big share buyback in a plan which would keep the company public.

A dip in the icy waters of a Northern Irish lake proved the ideal tonic before a day of tough talks with G8 leaders on tax evasion and the Syria crisis, British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Tuesday.

Residents of an upscale Ottawa neighbourhood have been spiriting unwanted squirrels across a river into Quebec province and dumping them there, a local newspaper said Tuesday.

A rail company is offering one lucky couple the chance to get married aboard one of Tokyo's busiest commuter trains as it encircles the Japanese capital, it said Tuesday.

Oil prices were mixed in Asian trade Wednesday, as investors await the outcome of a US Federal Reserve meeting for clues on when it will begin scaling back its massive stimulus programme.

Secret US surveillance has foiled more than 50 terror plots since 2001, including a planned bomb attack on the New York Stock Exchange, a US spy chief said Tuesday, defending leaked programs.

Japan's trade deficit for May expanded 9.5 percent from a year earlier to $10.4 billion, official data showed Wednesday as import costs rose on a weak yen.