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Rhino horn smuggled as jewellery

CriminalnetworkssmugglingrhinohornoutofAfricaareturningitintojewellerytoevadeitsdetectioninairports,aninvestigationhasfound.WildlifetrademonitoringnetworkTraffi

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Philippines' Duterte may declare martial law: defence chief

PhilippinePresidentRodrigoDutertemaydeclarenationwidemartiallawifthreatenedmassiveprotestsbycommunistsandotherleftistsagainsthisruleturnviolentordisruptthecount

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Sanders bill expands Medicare for all, lacks details on cost

Americanswouldgethealthcoveragesimplybyshowinganewgovernment-issuedcardandwouldnolongeroweout-of-pocketexpenseslikedeductibles,accordingtolegislationSen.BernieS

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French luxury giants sign charter to ban size 0 models

TwoofFrance’sbiggestluxuryconglomerates,LVMHandKering,havejoinedforceswithachartertobanunhealthilythinmodelsandprotectmodels’wellbeing.AccordingtoastatementWedn

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US criticism of NGO laws is hypocritical

Accordingtomediareports,theUS-fundedNationalDemocraticInstitute(NDI)wasfoundtobeprovidingthemainoppositionCambodiaNationalRescuePartywithan"ill-intended"plantoo

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India top court rules privacy a right, throwing ID cards into doubt

India'stopcourtruledonThursdaythatindividualprivacyisafundamentalright,averdictthatcouldderailtheworld'slargestbiometricIDcardprogramnowunderway.Anine-memberben

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India's top court rules controversial Muslim divorce law 'unconstitution

India'sSupremeCourtonTuesdayruledacontroversialMuslimquickdivorcelaw"unconstitutional",alandmarkvictoryforMuslimwomenwhohadlongarguedthatitviolatedtheirrighttoe

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Google and Facebook could be fined billions under new law

Google and Facebook could face fines stretching into billions of pounds if they breach users' privacy under a new data protection law.

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Google and Facebook could be fined billions under new law

GoogleandFacebookcouldfacefinesstretchingintobillionsofpoundsiftheybreachusers'privacyunderanewdataprotectionlaw.ThefinesarepartofanewDataProtectionBillwhichthe

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U.S. city bans viewing mobile phones when crossing roads

Honolulu,capitaloftheU.S.stateofHawaii,haspassedalawtobanpedestriansfromlookingatmobilephonesorusingotherdigitaldeviceswhilecrossingroads,U.S.mediareported.This

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'Skinny' Obamacare repeal bill dies in US Senate

US Senate Republicans failed to overturn the healthcare law known as Obamacare early on Friday, in a stinging blow to President Donald Trump that effectively ended the Republican Party's seven-year quest to repeal the 2010 Affordable Care Act.

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Silicon Valley mostly quiet in US Internet surveillance debate

FacebookInc,AlphabetInc'sGoogle,AppleIncandothermajortechnologyfirmsarelargelyabsentfromadebateovertherenewalofabroadUSInternetsurveillancelaw,weakeningprospect

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Australia plans law to force tech giants to decrypt messages

TheAustraliangovernmentonFridayproposedanewcybersecuritylawtoforceglobaltechnologycompaniessuchasFacebookandGoogletohelppolicebyunscramblingencryptedmessagessen

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Did Donald Trump Jr. break US law?

DidDonaldTrump'seldestsonbreakUSlawinmeetingaRussianlawyerhehopedwoulddishcompromisingdirtonthewomanstandingbetweenhisfatherandtheWhiteHouse?Couldthe39-year-old

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Google taps top law firms to fight EU regulatory battles

GoogleisrampingupitslegalfirepowerasitpreparestobattlewithEuropeanUnionantitrustregulatorsafteralandmark2.4billioneuro(2.7billionUSdollars)fineandthepossibility

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Thousands of protesters demand resignation of PM in Japan

At least 8,000 protesters flooded the Shinjuku Central Park of Tokyo to denounce new anti-terror legislation passed in Japan last month and demanded Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government to resign on Sunday.

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Thousands of protesters demand resignation of PM in Japan

Atleast8,000protestersfloodedtheShinjukuCentralParkofTokyotodenouncenewanti-terrorlegislationpassedinJapanlastmonthanddemandedJapanesePrimeMinisterShinzoAbe'sgo