The first UN aid flight from Iraq landed in northeastern Syria on Sunday with badly needed supplies, after a winter storm delayed it for several days, the United Nations said. UN aid agencies have “started airlifting urgently needed humanitarian aid…
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Manager David Moyes wants Manchester United to clear their minds of title talk as they look to avoid losing three successive Premier League games for the first time since 2001. United travel to Aston Villa on Sunday for a league fixture that they have…
By Jack Sargeant @sargeant_j on Dec 15 2013, 3:00a + Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool meet on Sunday afternoon, with both sides looking to record their third Premier League win on the bounce. Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool have both won their last…
Kenyan runners outshone their global competitors in both the men’s and women’s categories of the Taipei marathon Sunday. Josphat Kamzee Jepkopol, who won the men’s race last year, defended the title after crossing the line in two hours, 14 minutes and…
A “fake” sign language interpreter at Nelson Mandela’s memorial service has said he suffered a schizophrenic episode. Thamsanqa Jantjie, who was criticised for apparently making “meaningless gestures” while interpreting the speeches of world leaders…
Electronic and electrical gadgets that have reached the end of their life are expected to jump by a third in volume by 2017, a rise that poses major challenges for sorting and recycling, according to figures published on Sunday. By the end of 2017,…
Today’s the day that the music industry suddenly and irreversibly changed. One of the most popular artists in the world today, Beyoncé, has simultaneously announced and released her brand new 14 song album (also called Beyoncé) exclusively on Apple…
0750 GMT: Malawi’s President Joyce Banda speaks of how she has learnt from Mandela — and how the rest of the region can do so as well. “I learnt that leadership is about falling in love with the people that you serve and the people falling in love…
A 21-gun salute and full honour guard escorted the coffin of Nelson Mandela as his state funeral got underway Sunday in the rolling hills of his rural boyhood home. A Xhosa hymn, “Fulfill Your Promise”, sounded the start of the ceremony, organised to…
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle lit 26 candles and observed a moment of silence Saturday in honor of the victims of last year’s shooting at an elementary school. Exactly one year ago, on December 14, 2012, a heavily armed man, later identified…
Champions Paris Saint-Germain’s relentless pursuit of a second straight French title continued with a 3-1 win at Rennes on Saturday. Brazilian-born Italy midfielder Thiago Motta cracked home a long-range strike on 19 minutes before Zlatan Ibrahimovic…
Barcelona moved five points ahead of Real Madrid at the top of the La Liga with a 2-1 win over Villarreal on Saturday thanks to a double from Neymar. Madrid, meanwhile, had to fight back from 2-0 down with 10 men to rescue a point in a 2-2 draw at lowly…
A Danish and a Norwegian frigate are anchored in the Cypriot port of Limassol awaiting orders to sail for Syria and help collect part of the regime’s deadly chemical arsenal. When the call comes, they will escort two cargo ships — one from each country…
Tunisian Industry Minister Mehdi Jomaa was chosen Saturday to head a government of independent figures aimed at pulling the country out of a months-long crisis, the principal mediator said. “Dialogue and discussions led to a vote and the choice of Mehdi…
Yesterday, Twitter users went nuts. Well, more nuts than usual—apparently Twitter had changed the way the “Block” button functioned. Previously, blocking other Twitter users basically allowed you to vanish from their Twitter feeds, and they from…
South Africa’s government was confronted Friday with a new and chilling allegation about the bogus sign language interpreter at Nelson Mandela’s memorial: He was reportedly accused of murder 10 years ago. (Dec. 13)
Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe vowed Saturday to use mining earnings to help the poor, and called on Zimbabweans to form their own companies to benefit from the forced sell-off of foreign-owned firms. Closing his party’s annual conference in the…
Bayern Munich bounced back from their midweek Manchester City defeat with a 3-1 win over Hamburg in the Bundesliga on Saturday, while Borussia Dortmund suffered a Champions League hangover. Bayern slumped to their first defeat since July on Tuesday…
Jay Rodriguez scored his sixth goal of the season to secure a 1-1 draw for Southampton with in-form Newcastle in their Premier League clash on Saturday. Yoann Gouffran had given Newcastle the lead in the first-half only for Rodriguez to reply in the…
The heaviest snowfall in decades blocked roads across Israel and the West Bank Saturday, while torrential rains flooded areas of the Gaza Strip. The heavy snow, which stopped falling Saturday afternoon, prompted Israeli authorities to interrupt the…