Overnight attacks by Boko Haram Islamists forced authorities on Monday to impose a 24-hour curfew in Maiduguri, northeast Nigeria, closing the airport and shutting roads into and out of the city. The government in Borno state said the decision was taken…
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Download image Cover of the 2013/14 Edition of the Muslim 500 AMMAN, Jordan, December 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Latest annual release of ‘The Muslim 500’ highlights those world’s most influential Muslims and highlight changes going on in the Muslim world…
Barcelona slipped to a second consecutive defeat for the first time since April 2012 as they lost for the first time in the league this season 1-0 away to Athletic Bilbao on Sunday. Barcelona had suffered their first defeat under coach Gerardo Martino…
If psychic diva Marcia Fernandes is proven right, millions of Brazilians will be sorely disappointed next July as she forecast a German victory in the final of the World Cup. “Germany is going to prevail,” the popular medium said in a highly anticipated…
Six Manchester United icons including David Beckham on Sunday attended the London premiere of a film celebrating the youth team that would go on to transform the English football club into a global phenomenon. Speaking on the red carpet in front of…
The Foreign Press Association on Sunday accused the Israeli army of “deliberately targeting” journalists after soldiers fired rubber bullets and threw a stun grenade at photojournalists clearly identified as press. In a statement, the Tel Aviv-based…
Arsene Wenger does not believe comparisons should be made between this week’s match-fixing allegations and the problems in French football in the 1990s.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Sunday accused the United States of halting essential supplies to some Afghan army and police units in order to pressure the country to quickly sign a key security pact. The interruption of fuel and equipment had occurred…
A Nigerian asylum seeker believed to be near death from a hunger strike is back in Britain despite losing his bid to stay in the country, as his flight was turned back, his lawyers said on Sunday. Isa Muazu, 45, from the northeastern Nigerian city of…
An injury-time header from Spain striker Fernando Llorente rescued misfiring Juventus in a 1-0 win over Udinese that sent the champions three points clear of Roma in Italy’s Serie A on Sunday. Early season pacesetters Roma had spurned the chance to…