A suicide car bomb attack targeting a NATO convoy in southern Afghanistan killed at least four Afghan civilians on Monday, the Afghan interior ministry said.

Rescue teams searched for survivors Monday after Chile's quake toll topped 700 and the extent of the disaster became clear in coastal areas where giant waves left behind a path of death and destruction.

British insurer Prudential said Monday it was in "advanced" talks to purchase AIA, the Asian arm of US insurance giant AIG, in a deal that would create the biggest insurer in southeast Asia.

Singapore's wet markets are not utilising land in the best possible way, especially in land-scarce Singapore, says Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong.

The Health Promotion Board (HPB) is hoping a movie will encourage more Singaporean women to go for regular breast cancer screening.

Wayne Rooney came off the bench to ensure Manchester United retained the League Cup by beating Aston Villa 2-1 on a painfully bittersweet afternoon for his team-mate Michael Owen.

Toyota has you worried about getting behind the wheel? Find out which are the strongest little autos in their class.

Ten-year-old Lim Ding Wei is just one of a growing number of local programme developers jumping on the bandwagon as analysts predict a boom in global mobile applications, or 'mobile apps', industry this year.