WASHINGTON | Tue May 14, 2013 3:42am IST WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Associated Press on Monday said the U.S. government secretly seized telephone records of AP offices and reporters for a two-month period in 2012, describing the acts as a “massive and unprecedented intrusion” into news-gathering operations. AP Chief Executive Gary Pruitt, in a letter [...]

Posters for the film ‘The Great Gatsby’ showing actor Leonardo DiCaprio (C) and actress Carey Mulligan (R) are displayed outside the Carlton Hotel before the start of the 66th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes May 13, 2013. The 66th Cannes Film Festival will run from May 15 to May 26. LONDON | Mon May 13, [...]

WASHINGTON | Tue May 14, 2013 1:00am IST WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The FBI last month gave temporary security clearances to scores of U.S. bank executives to brief them on the investigation into the cyber attacks that have repeatedly disrupted online banking websites for most of a year. Bank security officers and others were brought to [...]

Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron (L) listens as U.S. President Barack Obama (R) responds to a question during a joint news conference in the East Room at the White House in Washington, May 13, 2013. WASHINGTON | Tue May 14, 2013 12:37am IST WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama intervened in Britain’s emotive debate about [...]

Nawaz Sharif (2nd L), leader of political party Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N), cheers his supporters during an election campaign rally in Mandi Bahauddin, Punjab province May 4, 2013. LAHORE, Pakistan | Tue May 14, 2013 12:27am IST LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) – Nawaz Sharif, poised to become prime minister for a third time after [...]

1 of 2. An art handler places drugs for the art installation ‘In this terrible moment we are victims clinging helplessly to an environment that refuses to acknowledge the soul’ by British artist Damien Hirst in the new Brandhorst modern art museum in Munich, May 6, 2009. REUTERS – Generic drugmaker Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd(RANB.NS) pleaded [...]

A lawyer speaks on his mobile phone as he walks past Supreme Court in New Delhi April 1, 2013. NEW DELHI | Fri May 10, 2013 8:43am IST NEW DELHI (Reuters) – A packed New Delhi courtroom sat in rapt silence this week as an irate Supreme Court judge denounced the elite Central Bureau of [...]

1 of 2. Election workers sit in a van with ballot boxes, polling booths and polling material before transporting them to polling stations, at the district court complex used as a storage area for election material in Rawalpindi May 10, 2013. Pakistan’s general elections will be held on May 11. ISLAMABAD | Sat May 11, [...]

Nawaz Sharif (C), leader of the Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) political party, casts his vote for the general election at a polling station in Lahore May 11, 2013. ISLAMABAD | Sat May 11, 2013 11:15pm IST ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s Nawaz Sharif, seeking to become prime minister for a third time, appeared way [...]

Malaysia’s Prime Minister Najib Razak (C) arrives at his party headquarters after polls closed in Kuala Lumpur May 5, 2013. KUALA LUMPUR | Sun May 5, 2013 10:56pm IST KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia’s governing coalition won a tight national election on Sunday to extend its 56-year rule, fending off an opposition alliance that pledged [...]

WASHINGTON | Tue May 7, 2013 4:30am IST WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The top U.S. derivatives regulator is considering whether the Bitcoin virtual currency should be subject to its rules, a top official at the agency said. Bart Chilton, one of five commissioners at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, said he had asked staff to explore [...]

Monday, April 29, 2013 11:39 IST Tanushree Datta has been facing a harrowing time ever since an imposter created a fake account in her name on a social networking site Apart from filing a complaint with the cyber cell, the actress has been calling and telling everyone that it is not her who has been [...]

Monday, April 29, 2013 15:24 IST Actress Deepshikha, who is set to play evil Bavanderpari in “Balveer”, says she enjoys fantasy-based entertainment and that she is sure “it is going to be a lot of fun”. “I love fantasy-based television shows and I’m really looking forward to begin shooting for ‘Balveer’. Being a part of [...]

1 of 2. India’s Finance Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram speaks during a news conference in New York, April 17, 2013. NEW DELHI | Mon Apr 29, 2013 10:17am IST NEW DELHI (Reuters) – A parliament deadlocked yet again over corruption scandals threatens Finance Minister P. Chidambaram’s ambitious reform agenda, dealing a harsh dose of political reality [...]

Helen Mirren poses as she arrives for the British Academy of Film and Arts (BAFTA) awards ceremony at the Royal Opera House in London February 10, 2013. LONDON | Mon Apr 29, 2013 10:00am IST LONDON (Reuters) – Helen Mirren was crowned best actress at Britain’s top theatre awards on Sunday for reprising her Oscar-winning [...]

1 of 3. Kalpesh Kinariwala, chief executive officer of CapVeda, poses in his office in Mumbai March 22, 2013. MUMBAI | Mon Apr 29, 2013 1:08pm IST MUMBAI (Reuters) – Indian hedge fund manager Kalpesh Kinariwala is so sure of his equity strategies in a country that has stumped foreign rivals that he sends a [...]

The headquarters of Italian defence and aerospace company Finmeccanica is seen in Rome May 3, 2012. MILAN | Mon Apr 29, 2013 10:11am IST MILAN (Reuters) – Italian prosecutors investigating allegations of corruption by Finmeccanica (SIFI.MI) in the sale of 12 helicopters to India believe their evidence is strong enough to warrant an urgent trial [...]

1 of 5. Rescue workers attempt to rescue garment workers from the rubble of the collapsed Rana Plaza building, in Savar, 30 km (19 miles) outside Dhaka April 28, 2013. DHAKA | Mon Apr 29, 2013 6:03pm IST DHAKA (Reuters) – Bangladeshi lawyers and protesters chanted “hang him, hang him” on Monday as the owner [...]

U.S. President Barack Obama laughs as comedian Conan O’Brien speaks during the White House Correspondents Association Dinner in Washington April 27, 2013. WASHINGTON | Sun Apr 28, 2013 10:17am IST WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama poked fun at the media, his critics and himself on Saturday at the annual White House Correspondents’ Association [...]

Jacintha Saldanha’s family and relatives carry her coffin during her funeral inside a church in Shirva, about 52 kms (32 miles) north of Mangalore December 17, 2012. LONDON | Mon Apr 29, 2013 5:03pm IST LONDON (Reuters) – An Australian radio presenter will give evidence at an inquest into the death of a nurse who [...]