TOKYO (AP) – Toshiba plans to cut 7,800 jobs, mostly in its consumer-electronics business, as it reorganizes in the face of projected record losses for the current fiscal year. The Japanese conglomerate has been struggling with the aftermath of a major accounting scandal, compounded by troubles in nuclear energy and …

New Delhi, The new Intex Aqua Young smartphones will now have pre-loaded Truecaller and Truedialer applications to bring smarter, safer and more relevant communications to Intex users. Truecaller on Monday announced a partnership with Intex Technologies, one of the leading mobile handset brands in India, to replace the native phone …

BANGKOK (AP) – Thailand’s government said Monday it is not ignoring the slavery and forced labor in its lucrative shrimp industry that was highlighted in an Associated Press investigation published last week. Government spokesman Sansern Kaewkamnerd, flanked by police, navy and other officials, held a news conference specifically to address …

BEIJING (AP) – China’s year of man-made disasters began on New Year’s Eve when 36 revelers were killed in a stampede in Shanghai. Nearly twelve months later, a mountain of excavated soil and construction waste collapsed into buildings at an industrial park in Shenzhen. Four of the disasters this year …

MADRID (AP) – Spain’s opposition Socialist party Monday said it would vote against having acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy form a new government, thus killing one of Rajoy’s options to stay in power after voters elected a fragmented Parliament. Rajoy’s ruling conservative Popular Party came first in Sunday’s general election, …

JERUSALEM (AP) – With Israel mired in a wave of near-daily Palestinian attacks, hard-line Israeli politicians and activists are stepping up the pressure on dovish groups that are critical of government policies- drawing accusations of a nationalist witch hunt that risks turning violent. In recent weeks, lawmakers have circulated bills …

PARIS (AP) – A retired French police officer traveling on Air France was detained after a fake bomb hidden in a lavatory forced his Paris-bound flight to make an emergency landing in Kenya, according to prosecutors. The hoax – the fourth against Air France in recent weeks – comes amid …

JALALABAD, Afghanistan (AP) – Rahman Wali’s younger brother was one of 10 Afghan men forced by Islamic State militants to kneel over bombs buried in the soil in a lush green valley in eastern Nangarhar province. The extremists then detonated the bombs, turning the pastoral countryside into a scene of …

UNITED NATIONS (AP) – The U.N. Security Council’s unanimous support of a peace process for Syria that is set to begin next month with government-opposition talks and a cease-fire represents its strongest gesture yet in support of a solution to the civil war. The council’s adoption of a resolution Friday …

MADRID (AP) – Spain’s political landscape has changed dramatically since 2011, when voters ousted the Socialist Party and gave a landslide victory to the right-of-center Popular Party. The rise of two influential new parties to challenge the two longstanding traditional parties has injected tension and suspense into Sunday’s ballot, when …