"House of Cards" and "Arrested Development," which Netflix delivered to viewers on the Internet, not on TV, may become the first online programs to receive top series and acting bids when the Emmy nominations

The United Nations said Thursday it is ready to send troops into battle against rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo after demonstrators accused peacekeepers of being too weak. U.N. troops in DR Congo have

Michael Jackson's mother Katherine will finally take the stand Friday at her trial against tour promoters AEG Live, who she alleges negligently hired the doctor convicted over the star's 2009 death. After sitting through 12

The palatial Miami villa where fashion icon Gianni Versace was shot dead in 1997 is to be sold at auction and is expected to fetch more than $50 million, the company managing the sale

Two NASA spacecraft are about to take pictures of the Earth for planetary science research, and the U.S. space agency is encouraging people worldwide to jump into the shot. "Consider it the first interplanetary photobomb,"

Warfare was uncommon among hunter-gatherers, and killings among nomadic groups were often due to competition for women or interpersonal disputes, researchers in Finland said Thursday. Their study in the U.S. journal Science suggests that the

A luxury megaplex with a 10 screen theatre is likely to open next year at The Pearl Qatar, said Qatar Media Services (q.media) yesterday. The Pearl-Qatar’s first cinema megaplex is expected to provide best

A car bomb exploded outside a Sunni mosque in a Bahrain neighbourhood where the royal court is situated but caused no casualties, the interior ministry said. The bomb, made from a gas cylinder, exploded late

Egyptian President Adly Mansour vowed yesterday to battle for security “to the end”, as the military warned it would clamp down on any violence in rallies planned by Mohamed Mursi’s supporters and opponents. “We

Rents have been rising, putting pressure on the cost of living in the country, consumer price index (CPI) figures released yesterday reflect. CPI data for June 2013 show rents surged 6.8 percent year-on-year in the