One of Rupert Murdoch’s Australian newspapers on Wednesday published a picture showing the bare bottom of Prince William’s wife Kate, refusing to follow a “ridiculous” ban imposed by the British media. The image was taken during the royal couple’s hugely…
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The United States is deploying an amphibious assault ship with about 1,000 marines off the coast of Libya in case the US embassy must be evacuated, a US defense official said Tuesday. The USS Bataan was to be in the area “in a matter of days,” said…
England defender Phil Jagielka says he is on course to win his fight to be fit for the World Cup. Jagielka struggled to recover from a hamstring injury suffered in February, raising doubts about the Everton centre-back’s ability to get back to full…
A South African man has been arrested for allegedly holding captive and abusing his wife and five children for more than a decade, a media report said Tuesday. Afrikaans-language newspaper Beeld reported the children — who were tortured with an electric…
Tottenham appointed Mauricio Pochettino as their new manager on a five-year contract on Tuesday. Pochettino was tipped to take charge at White Hart Lane following the recent sacking of Tim Sherwood and the Premier League club confirmed they have persuaded…
Nigeria’s World Cup warm-up friendly against Scotland in London on Wednesday is reported to be the subject of a match-fixing investigation by police. The National Crime Agency, which investigates serious and organised crime, is reported by the Daily…
India’s new Prime Minister Narendra Modi called on his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday to crack down on militant groups while stressing his desire for closer economic ties, the foreign ministry said. Modi “underlined our concerns related…
A Christian Sudanese woman, sentenced to hang for apostasy in a case that sparked an international outcry, has given birth in jail, a Western diplomat said on Tuesday. “She gave birth to a girl today,” said the diplomat, who is familiar with the case…
A huge crowd of cheering ice hockey fans packed the central streets of Moscow on Tuesday to celebrate Russia’s world championship win over Finland. Tens of thousands of supporters turned out to hail Alexander Ovechkin, Yevgeni Malkin, Sergei Bobrovski…
Ukraine said Tuesday it had regained control of the airport in the eastern city of Donetsk after a day of punishing air strikes and fierce fighting with pro-Moscow separatist gunmen left dozens of people dead. Russian President Vladimir Putin immediately…
A suicide bomber killed 13 people at a Shiite mosque in central Baghdad Tuesday while violence elsewhere in Iraq left four dead, the latest in a protracted surge in bloodshed. The bomber blew himself up at the entrance to the mosque in the capital’s…
Nigeria’s ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo has met with people close to Boko Haram in an attempt to broker the release of more than 200 kidnapped schoolgirls, a source close to the talks told AFP. The meeting took place last weekend at Obasanjo’s farm…
Birmingham City’s Hong Kong holding company said it received an undisclosed offer for a stake in the football club, sending its shares soaring, months after its owner Carson Yeung was jailed for money laundering. In a filing to the city’s stock exchange…
Nigeria’s highest ranking military officer on Monday gave a glimmer of hope to the families of more than 200 schoolgirls held by Boko Haram militants, revealing they had located the missing teenagers. But Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex…
Former England skipper Steve Borthwick’s appointment as Japan’s new forwards coach will give the Asian champions a huge boost at next year’s Rugby World Cup, head coach Eddie Jones told AFP Tuesday. “He’s a fantastic acquisition for us,” said Jones,…
Germany head to Brazil aiming to end their 24-year wait for a fourth World Cup title with captain Philipp Lahm insisting he is sick of finishing third. Consecutive semi-final defeats have led to Germany taking bronze at both of the last two World Cups…
Jordan on Monday expelled Syria’s ambassador over his “repeated insults” to the kingdom, drawing a swift tit-for-tat response from Damascus, which ordered Amman’s top diplomat to leave. On the battlefield, Syrian rebels made advances in the war-torn…
Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday said the United States will back the new Ukraine leader and support its people, after presidential polls at the weekend. “We will support their efforts to determine their own future in a more united, secure, independent…
A fierce battle erupted Monday for control of the main airport in rebel-held eastern Ukraine, just hours after president-elect Petro Poroshenko vowed he would not let the country become another Somalia. Ukrainian fighter jets and combat helicopters…
Sony will bring its PlayStation consoles to China through two joint ventures, the Japanese gaming giant and its Chinese partner both said Monday, as they seek to tap a newly opened market. China in January formally authorised the domestic sale of game…