Google has been ordered to pay $25 000 for collecting personal information without permission and not cooperating with an investigation into it.
Dozens of tornadoes tore through parts of Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa overnight and one twister killed at least five people.
A dozen Secret Service agents, sent to Colombia to provide security for President Obama have been relieved of duty after allegations of misconduct.
Apple and five publishers have been sued by the United States’s justice department for conspiring to fix the prices of e-books.
Rick Santorum has suspended his bid for the Republican US presidential ticket, leaving Mitt Romney as the party’s likely choice to challenge Obama.
Multi-millionaire African-American movie director Tyler Perry has opened charges against two police officers for alleged racial profiling.
Malawi’s government on Saturday confirmed the death of President Bingu wa Mutharika and vowed to adhere to a constitutional transition.
A US Navy F-18 jet has crashed into a block of flats in Virginia Beach, Virginia causing an inferno. Reports of injuries have not yet been confirmed.
The CIA has reportedly held back data from MI5 and MI6 in retaliation for a UK court disclosing details of a Briton held in Guantánamo Bay.
Police have arrested a former student of a California college after he opened fire at the Christian school, killing seven people and wounding three.
The short trading week will end with important US jobs data, with key EU gatherings to keep things interesting till then, writes <b>Matt Quigley</b>.
Three people have beaten the one-in-176-million chance to win their of "the world’s largest jackpot” prize of $640-million in the US lottery.
Obama proposal is a symbol of the efforts the president and Democrats are making to portray themselves as champions of economic fairness.
Officials drew the numbers for a record jackpot of $640-million in the Mega Millions lottery on Friday night, but had yet to announce the winners.
Tony Blair stands accused of misleading his colleagues over a dispute central to the government’s decision to join the US-led invasion of Iraq.
The two countries with the world’s largest economies must co-exist in a relationship and despite their frosty relationship, the future is promising.
The US and China have agreed to coordinate their response if North Korea goes through with a planned rocket launch next month.
Snapshots of EU and US consumer sentiment are due this week, but all eyes in SA will be on the Reserve Bank’s interest rate decision on Thursday.
Rick Santorum won the Louisiana Republican presidential primary on Saturday, adding an 11th state to his total.
US soldier Robert Bales is expected to have 17 counts and murder and six counts of attempted murder charged against him for a massacre in Afghanistan.
The mother of a teen gunned down by a neighbourhood watch captain has told protesters the demand for his arrest is about what’s ‘wrong and right’.
A series of data releases this week will show how the world’s economies are faring in the face of an uncertain future, writes <b>Matt Quigley</b>.
New York police arrested protesters celebrating the six-month anniversary of Occupy Wall Street near the stock exchange over the weekend.
The US Army has identified the soldier implicated in the massacre of 16 villagers in Afghanistan this week as staff sergeant Robert Bale.
In a five-event, two city, 1 700 mile fund-raising odyssey, US President Obama managed to amass over $5-million in funding for his electoral campaign.
Amnesty International has called on the United States to clarify the final destination of an arms shipment it said is headed to the Egypt.
In a formal complaint to the WTO, the US, EU and Japan have accused Beijing of trying to hold down prices for its domestic manufacturers.
A marketing campaign that paid homeless people to carry wifi signals at SXSW has drawn widespread debate and criticism.
Sixteen Afghans, including women and children, have been killed by a rogue US soldier who walked off his base and opened fire on them in their homes.
US drone attacks have killed at least 20 al-Qaeda-linked fighters including some of their leaders, say tribal sources.
International sanctions have a patchy history, and Iran’s oil elite have been dodging them for decades, writes <b>Peg Mackey</b>.
CNN says Mitt Romney has won the vote in Ohio after a battle with Rick Santorum for the Republican presidential nomination in the state.