Gareth Bale took his tally to eight goals in his last seven games with a hat-trick as Real Madrid shrugged off the loss of Cristiano Ronaldo to beat Valladolid 4-0. With the Portuguese sidelined by a slight muscle strain, Bale proved to be decisive…
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Scottish police say eight people are now confirmed dead following the crash of a police helicopter into a crowded Glasgow pub. (Nov. 30)
Soil from World War I battlefields in Belgium was laid in a memorial garden in London on Saturday ahead of the 100th anniversary next year of the start of the conflict. Seventy bags of “sacred soil” gathered by more than 1,000 British and Belgian schoolchildren…
Suspected Boko Haram militants killed 24 people in two separate attacks in northern Nigeria, eyewitnesses said on Saturday, just as the military vowed to ramp up security over Christmas. Seven fishermen were ambushed and killed in the first attack in…
Fallen giants Rangers needed two late goals to book their place in the last 16 of the Scottish Cup with a 2-0 victory over ten-man Falkirk on Saturday. Rangers had the best of the first half chances but lacked a killer touch in front of goal as they…
European champions Toulon failed to go back to the summit of the French Top 14 table after they were shocked 23-0 by Stade Francais in Paris on Saturday. Bernard Laporte’s team had lost top spot to Clermont on Friday after the Vulcans came from behind…
Tunisia police on Saturday arrested 10 suspected jihadists of the banned Ansar al-Sharia movement in the northeast of the country triggering clashes with their supporters, the interior ministry said. The arrests took place at dawn in the town of Kef…
Britain said Saturday it would provide £10 million ($16.4 million, 1.2 million euro) in aid to the Central African Republic to help tackle the humanitarian crisis in the country. The support package of emergency healthcare, clean water and logistical…
An Egyptian panel approved Saturday more than half of the articles of a new constitution aimed at paving the way for a return to elected rule after July’s military ouster of president Mohamed Morsi. If adopted in full, the charter will be put to a popular…
Sky’s Niall Paterson takes a look at the state of robotics and how to use Google Glass