LONDON: Prime Minister David Cameron came under further pressure over Europe on Monday when a senior lawmaker from his party said Britain should exit the EU if it failed to renegotiate its relationship. Liam Fox, the former defence minister, said Britain should be freed from "the dogma of ever closer union" with Europe, and called for a referendum on Britain's ties to the European Union. In a speech, ...

Hong Kong new leader Leung Chun-ying (L) shaking hands with Chinese President Hu Jintao during the former's inauguration ceremony in Hong Kong on July 1, 2012. I will try my best to safeguard the civil liberties of every resident, protect press freedom and defend the impartiality of the media.” New Hong Kong leader Leung Chun-ying Leung Chun-ying has been sworn into office as Hong Kong’s new leader amid ris ...

Interior secretary defends move, says it was in accordance with the law. ISLAMABAD: Advisor to the Prime Minister on Interior Rehman Malik failed to produce his documents declaring the renouncement of his British nationality in the Supreme Court of Pakistan on Monday. Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry headed the hearing. Malik’s passport, made in the year 2008, was presented before the judicial bench ...

Congress president Sonia Gandhi has invited the newly-weds, Esha Deol and Bharat Takhtani, to visit her 10 Janpath residence. Esha’s mother and actor Hema Malini says, “She (Sonia) said that due to security reasons, she wouldn’t be able to make it to the marriage. She said that when they (Esha and Bharat) visit Delhi, they are invited to her place. It’s a very sweet gesture from her side.” Esha Deol tied th ...

Sohail Khan's driver allegedly mowed down an elderly woman in Mumbai late Sunday night. He was driving the car registered in the name of Arbaaz Khan. Here're other celebs involved in car accidents. An elderly woman was crushed to death by a high-end car being allegedly driven by actor and filmmaker Sohail Khan's driver in suburban Bandra late last night, police said today. Preliminary reports suggested that ...

Iraqi women face court-ordered virginity tests that often show they were virgins until marriage. BAGHDAD:  Iraqi women face court-ordered virginity tests that often show they were virgins until marriage but shame them nonetheless, doctors at an institute that carries out the tests and a lawyer told AFP. Remaining a virgin until marriage can be an issue of life or death for women in the Middle East, where th ...

Marcus Agius to leave his post in the face of public and political fury over bank's efforts to distort the rate at which they lend. LONDON: The chairman of Barclays Bank is set to step down after the group was fined for attempting to manipulate the inter-bank lending rate, the BBC reported on Sunday. Marcus Agius will announce on Monday that he is to leave his post in the face of public and political fury o ...

Sergey Brin, CEO and co-founder of Google, wears a Google Glass during a product demonstration during Google I/O 2012 at Moscone Center in San Francisco, California . Credit: Reuters/Stephen Lam Google Inc expects to roll out a consumer version of its electronic eyewear that can live-stream images and audio and perform computing tasks in less than two years, though it stopped short of putting a price tag on ...

The lawsuit had hampered some sales and delayed the launch of the new iPad in China. SHANGHAI: Apple Inc has paid $60 Million to Proview Technology in the Chinese city of Shenzhen to end a dispute over the iPad trademark in China that saw the world’s most valuable technology company engaged in a protracted legal tussle with a near-bankrupt Chinese firm. The lawsuit had hampered some sales and delayed the la ...

Mourners carry the body of a Palestinian killed in Israeli airstrikes on the northern Gaza Strip, June 18, 2012. The Israeli regime has carried out an airstrike on the city of Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip. Palestinian witnesses said the strike, which was conducted during the early hours of Monday, left no casualties. The Israeli army claimed in a statement that the attack targeted a group of Pale ...