Samsung Electronics on Saturday condemned an Israeli commercial featuring a Samsung tablet, expressing dismay at Iran's threat to ban its products over the apparently anti-Tehran teaser.The South Korean electronics giant said it had not been involved in...

Armed clashes between supporters and opponents of a presidential election in Yemen left dozens of people wounded in the main southern city of Aden, activists from both sides said on Saturday.The violence erupted late Friday when supporters of the Southern...

The Los Angeles Clippers signed Kenyon Martin, the free agent forward returning to the NBA after a stint with the Xinjiang Guanghui Flying Tigers in China."Kenyon is the ultimate competitor and a key acquisition," Clippers Vice President of Basketball...

A security guard pointing a gun at your chest may not be a perk of first-class travel in the West, but it's all part of the service on Pakistan's gleaming Business Express.Thirteen carriages have been lovingly restored into a sleek sleeper to ply the...

Mitt Romney looks set to romp to victory in the Nevada caucus Saturday, cementing his position as Republican presidential frontrunner four days after his crushing Florida win.Despite a wobble this week with a gaffe about America's poor, opinion polls give...

Real Madrid's seven-point lead over Barcelona could come under threat this weekend when Jose Mourinho's side face a potentially tricky fixture at local rivals Getafe.The team from the south of the capital may be sitting in ninth position but the Dark...

Mexico's Cemex, the world's third largest cement maker, posted a loss of $146 million in the fourth quarter of 2011, a company spokesman told AFP Friday.But Jorge Perez said that "losses have substantially reduced," comparing the figure with a $574...

Mortar fire killed 105 people and left hundreds more injured in a "massacre" in the central Syrian city of Homs late Friday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.The group said the mortar fire had hit the Al Khalidiya district of Homs, which has...

Bee Gees lead singer Robin Gibb said Friday he was making a "spectacular" recovery from colon cancer and felt better than ever."The prognosis is that it's almost gone and I feel fantastic and really from now on it's just what they could describe as a...

The Iranian government has arrested relatives of Persian-language journalists working abroad for the BBC in a bid to silence them, the British Broadcasting Corporation said Friday.BBC Director General Mark Thompson said the sister of a BBC Persian...