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South Korean finance firms face 3-month ban after credit-card breach PUBLISHED : Monday, 03 February, 2014, 1:44am UPDATED : Monday, 03 February, 2014, 1:44am Bloomberg in Seoul From left, NH Nonghyup Card head Sohn Kyung-Ik, Lotte Card CEO Park Sang-hoon and KB Kookmin Card CEO Shim...

Thai protesters block voting in chaotic national election Voting began in Bangkok on Sunday after gun battles between anti-government protesters and supporters of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra late on Saturday wounded seven PUBLISHED : Sunday, 02 February, 2014, 10:42am UPDATED : Sunday...

Ukraine PM resigns amid unrest, parliament revokes anti-protest laws By Richard Balmforth and Pavel Polityuk KIEV Tue Jan 28, 2014 9:37pm GMT Anti-government protesters discuss the resignation of Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov behind fortifications against riot police in Kiev...

Brazil outlines $2.3 billion in public spending for Olympics RIO DE JANEIRO Tue Jan 28, 2014 4:38pm GMT (Reuters) - Brazil's government on Tuesday issued its first estimate of public spending on projects related to Rio de Janeiro's 2016 Olympic Games, though the 5.6 billion reals ($2.3...

England drop Youngs and Ashton for France game LONDON Tue Jan 28, 2014 7:36pm GMT British and Irish Lions' Ben Youngs scores a try during their rugby union game against Queensland Reds at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane June 8, 2013. REUTERS-Daniel Munoz (Reuters) - England have left scrumhalf...

All bets are off, says Horner By Alan Baldwin JEREZ, Spain Tue Jan 28, 2014 4:16pm GMT Red Bull Formula One driver Sebastian Vettel (L-R) of Germany, team principal Christian Horner and teammate Mark Webber of Australia celebrate their overall team win at the the Brazilian F1 Grand Prix at...

Six Pakistani children killed while playing with grenade AFP January 27, 2014, 6:11 am Peshawar (Pakistan) (AFP) - Six children from the same family were killed and one injured Sunday while playing with a hand grenade in northwest Pakistan, officials said. The children, aged five to 12...

Entire family of Kim Jong-un's uncle executed in North Korea : reports Yahoo! News January 27, 2014, 7:19 am <object id="flashObj" classid="clsid:D <embed src="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1&isUI=1" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"...

Drone to check Japan nuke plant radiation AAP January 27, 2014, 8:31 am A drone designed to measure radiation levels more accurately has been used for the first time around the Fukushima nuclear power plant in northern Japan, public broadcaster NHK reports. The remote-controlled drone took...

Thousands stage 'Day of Anger' protest against French president AFP January 27, 2014, 8:33 am Paris (AFP) - Several thousand people marched through Paris on Sunday in a "Day of Anger" against embattled President Francois Hollande which ended in clashes between police and protesters...

Six Pakistan police killed 'protecting Spanish cyclist' AFP January 22, 2014, 11:51 pm Quetta (Pakistan) (AFP) - Six Pakistani police officers were killed Wednesday while escorting a Spanish tourist as he cycled through the highly volatile southwestern province of Baluchistan, officials...

S.Africa orders removal of rabbit from Mandela statue's ear AFP January 23, 2014, 3:46 am Johannesburg (AFP) - The South African government has ordered the removal of a rabbit that was secretly sculpted into a recently unveiled statue of Nelson Mandela, an official said Wednesday. The...

Exclusive: HSBC still in regulators' crosshairs over money-laundering By Brett Wolf and Aruna Viswanatha Fri Jan 17, 2014 9:13pm GMT (Reuters) - U.S. regulators continue to find weaknesses in the way HSBC Holdings tries to prevent money laundering, according to people familiar with the...

Thai protesters march on, defiant after grenade attack By Apornrath Phoonphongphiphat BANGKOK Sat Jan 18, 2014 5:22am GMT (Reuters) - Anti-government protesters marched defiantly through Thailand's capital on Saturday, with one group entering a police compound, undeterred by a grenade...

Up to 21, mostly foreigners, killed in Kabul suicide attack By Jessica Donati and Mirwais Harooni KABUL Sat Jan 18, 2014 5:59am GMT Afghan security forces arrive at the scene of an explosion in Kabul January 17, 2014. At least 13 people, including both Afghans and foreigners, were killed...

India woos foreign filmmakers with faster approvals AFP January 15, 2014, 11:26 pm New Delhi (AFP) - India has simplified rules for foreign moviemakers wanting to film in the country and is promising speedy approval of projects, after frustrating redtape and delays were blamed for crews...

Luxury in China loses lustre as wealthy flee Reuters January 16, 2014, 8:35 pm A woman shops for handbags at a Chanel luxury boutique at the IFC Mall in Shanghai in this June 4, 2012 file photograph. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/Files By Clare Baldwin HONG KONG (Reuters) - Wealthy Chinese are...

'Star Wars' studio opens Singapore production facility AFP January 16, 2014, 9:21 pm Singapore (AFP) - US entertainment giant Lucasfilm inaugurated its first overseas production complex on Thursday in Singapore, which will tap Asian talent to support future "Star Wars" movies and other...

Good Samaritan, 26, faces paralysis after she was pistol whipped and sexually assaulted by man who she gave a lift to hospital Katie Schlinger, 26, says she offered to give Michael Antwon Fuller, 23, a ride to the hospital She claims he then attacked and sexually assaulted her, but she was...

Polish mother travelling with daughter, two, is raped by Indian taxi driver who used a spray to drug her inside his cab Woman, 33, and daughter were travelling in a taxi from Mathura to New Delhi The driver drugged the woman at some point during the journey Woke up on bench outside a...