CULTURE AND SPORT

Seven people have been arrested in the Irish Republic over an alleged plot to kill a Swedish cartoonist for depicting the Prophet Muhammad, police say.

A California Highway Patrol officer helped slow a runaway Toyota Prius from 94 mph to a safe stop on Monday after the car's accelerator became stuck on a San Diego County freeway

In an event at the White House on Monday, President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle marked International Women's Day.

A man who smuggled songbirds into Los Angeles from Vietnam by hiding them in his pants had his sentencing postponed.

Samsung announced that the first models of its full HD 3D entertainment products will be gradually introduced to consumers in Southeast Asia and Oceania from this month.

The death toll from a 6.0-magnitude earthquake that shook eastern Turkey on Monday reached 57.

Bringing an end to a tense and suspenseful night, "The Hurt Locker" captured the best picture prize at the 82nd Academy Awards.

According to Betty Nguyen herself via her twitter account she is leaving cable news giant CNN for broadcast television network CBS.

Armed robbers have stormed a luxury hotel in central Berlin where a poker tournament was taking place, German police say.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Friday called for closer economic ties with Kiev while meeting with Ukraine's new President Viktor Yanukovych in Moscow.

Advisers to President Barack Obama are close to recommending that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the self-professed mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, be tried in a military tribunal.

A gunman drew a weapon and opened fire at the teeming subway entrance to the Pentagon complex, wounding two police officers before being shot and critically wounded.

The unusually high number of Oscar contenders this year has set off a frenzy in style circles as old and new designers clamor to outfit stars for the red carpet.

At least 15 Toyota drivers have complained to U.S. safety officials that their cars sped up by themselves even after being fixed under recalls for sticky gas pedals or floor mat problems

Smartphone maker High Tech Computer (HTC) on Wednesday defended itself against accusations of patent infringement by Apple, saying it develops its own technology.

Vietnamese athletes will take part in the 2010 World Muay Thai Championships, scheduled to be held in Bangkok from March 18-25.

Classical guitarist Dang Ngoc Long, Rector of the Berlin-Gesundbrunnen Music School, often thinks about his homeland.

16 Vietnamese teams and 3 foreign ones from the Netherlands, Mongolia and the Philippine will compete on March 9 in the BTV-Cup Number One.

Four men accused of using a network of computers and automated software to buy up online tickets to concerts and sporting events and selling them at a profit were indicted.